The Minnesota Timberwolves were 40-42 in 1996-97. They finished 3rd in the Midwest Division and 6th in the Western Conference. They lost in the Western Conference First Round against the Houston Rockets, 3 games to 0.

1996-97 Conference Standings

TEAMWLPCTGB
4
56
26
.683
8.0
5
49
33
.598
15.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
40
42
.488
24.0
7
40
42
.488
24.0
8
36
46
.439
28.0

1996-97 Stats

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Team
82
241.2
96.1
39.7
22.9
7.5
6.8
35.8
78.5
45.6
4.5
13.3
33.9
20.0
26.6
75.1
53.3
11.7
28.1
15.2
22.2
Team Rank
22nd
17th
23rd
9th
24th
2nd
17th
18th
13th
26th
25th
25th
7th
8th
9th
17th
21st
16th
9th
16th
Opponent
82
241.2
97.6
41.9
21.8
8.0
5.4
35.9
79.7
45.0
5.7
15.7
36.2
20.1
26.6
75.4
53.4
13.0
28.8
15.6
22.3
Opponent Rank
22nd
17th
19th
14th
10th
23rd
12th
17th
13th
7th
7th
15th
23rd
20th
29th
13th
20th
19th
17th
12th
Net
-1.5
-2.1
+1.1
-0.4
+1.4
-0.1
-1.3
+0.6
-1.2
-2.4
-2.3
-0.1
0.0
-0.3
-0.1
-1.4
-0.8
-0.5
-0.1
Net Rank
17th
24th
9th
20th
2nd
15th
19th
15th
23rd
25th
25th
16th
15th
15th
15th
26th
19th
12th
13th

Gallery

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
48
18
.727
2
43
23
.652
5.0
3
43
25
.632
6.0
4
41
26
.612
7.5
5
37
28
.569
10.5
6
38
29
.567
10.5
7
37
29
.561
11.0
8
35
31
.530
13.0
9
35
31
.530
13.0
10
34
33
.507
14.5
11
27
38
.415
20.5
12
27
39
.409
21.0
13
Nets Nets - e
17
49
.258
31.0
14
16
49
.246
31.5
15
15
52
.224
33.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
52
15
.776
2
48
18
.727
3.5
3
41
25
.621
10.5
4
41
25
.621
10.5
5
41
26
.612
11.0
6
41
26
.612
11.0
7
39
28
.582
13.0
8
33
32
.508
18.0
9
32
34
.485
19.5
10
32
35
.478
20.0
11
23
43
.348
28.5
12
22
45
.328
30.0
13
22
46
.324
30.5
14
20
47
.299
32.0
15
Kings Kings - e
16
51
.239
36.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
2/8
@
118-135
Mon
2/9
@
137-134
Mon
2/9
@
95-102
Mon
2/9
@
111-120
Mon
2/9
@
136-108

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/14
@
1:00 PM
Sat
3/14
@
3:00 PM
Sat
3/14
@
3:30 PM
Sat
3/14
@
6:00 PM
Sat
3/14
@
8:00 PM