20-16, 9-8 away
116
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 17 | 28 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 116 |
| HOU | 26 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 115 |
18-16, 11-9 home
115
Minnesota Timberwolves
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| 42 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 48 | 16-26 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | 7-18 | 2-7 | 4-8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| 34 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
48-91 | 3-12 | 17-27 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 116 | ||
52.7% | 25.0% | 63.0% |
Houston Rockets
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| 40 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 11-13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
| 20 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 47 | 13-24 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| 37 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | 7-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | 10-17 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
46-87 | 9-18 | 14-19 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 115 | ||
52.9% | 50.0% | 73.7% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Regular Season Series
MIN leads 1-0
Game Information
12:30 AM, 17 January 1998
Attendance: 16,285
- Referees:
- Jim Clark
- Ron Olesiak
- Woody Mayfield
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