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The 2002–03 NBA season was the 14th season the Timberwolves has competed in the National Basketball Association.[1] During the off-season, the Timberwolves signed free agents Troy Hudson and Kendall Gill.[2][3][4] Kevin Garnett performed well throughout the season, winning the All-Star MVP award in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta,[5][6][7][8] and finishing second in MVP voting behind MVP Tim Duncan with 43 first-place votes,[9][10] plus also finishing in third place in Defensive Player of the Year voting.[11][12] Despite losing both Terrell Brandon and Felipe Lopez for the entire season to knee injuries,[13][14] the Timberwolves posted a 12–1 record in February, held a 29–20 record at the All-Star break,[15] and finished the season with a 51–31 record, good enough to earn the fourth seed in the Western Conference and home court advantage for the playoffs.[16]
2002–03 Minnesota Timberwolves season | |
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Head coach | Flip Saunders |
General manager | Kevin McHale |
Owner(s) | Glen Taylor |
Arena | Target Center |
Results | |
Record | 51–31 (.622) |
Place | Division: 3rd (Midwest) Conference: 4th (Western) |
Playoff finish | First round (lost to Lakers 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | |
Radio | WFAN |
Garnett averaged 23.0 points, 13.4 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, and the NBA All-Defensive First Team. In addition, Wally Szczerbiak averaged 17.6 points per game, while Hudson provided the team with 14.2 points and 5.7 assists per game, Rasho Nesterovic provided with 11.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and Joe Smith contributed 7.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.[17]
However, for the seventh straight year in the Garnett era, the Timberwolves did not make it out of the first round of the playoffs, as they lost to the 5th-seeded and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in six games in the Western Conference First Round.[18][19][20] Following the season, Smith was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks,[21][22] while Anthony Peeler signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings,[23] Gill signed with the Chicago Bulls,[24] and Brandon was traded to the Atlanta Hawks.[25]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 29 | Forfeited pick | |||
2 | 52 | Marcus Taylor | PG | United States | Michigan State |
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Roster |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y-San Antonio Spurs | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 33–8 | 27–14 | 17–7 |
x-Dallas Mavericks | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 33–8 | 27–14 | 18–6 |
x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 51 | 31 | .622 | 9 | 33–8 | 18–23 | 15–9 |
x-Utah Jazz | 47 | 35 | .573 | 13 | 29–12 | 18–23 | 15–9 |
Houston Rockets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 17 | 28–13 | 15–26 | 11–13 |
Memphis Grizzlies | 28 | 54 | .341 | 32 | 20–21 | 8–33 | 5–17 |
Denver Nuggets | 17 | 65 | .207 | 43 | 13–28 | 4–37 | 3–21 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-San Antonio Spurs | 60 | 22 | .732 | – |
2 | y-Sacramento Kings | 59 | 23 | .720 | 1 |
3 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 60 | 22 | .732 | – |
4 | x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 51 | 31 | .622 | 9 |
5 | x-Los Angeles Lakers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 10 |
6 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 10 |
7 | x-Utah Jazz | 47 | 35 | .573 | 13 |
8 | x-Phoenix Suns | 44 | 38 | .537 | 16 |
9 | Houston Rockets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 17 |
10 | Seattle SuperSonics | 40 | 42 | .488 | 20 |
11 | Golden State Warriors | 38 | 44 | .463 | 22 |
12 | Memphis Grizzlies | 28 | 54 | .341 | 32 |
13 | Los Angeles Clippers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 33 |
14 | Denver Nuggets | 17 | 65 | .207 | 43 |
2002-03 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NOH | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | TOR | UTA | WAS |
Atlanta | – | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Boston | 3–0 | – | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Chicago | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
Cleveland | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Dallas | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Denver | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | – | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
Detroit | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Golden State | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Houston | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | – | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Indiana | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
L.A. Clippers | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
L.A. Lakers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | – | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Memphis | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Miami | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
Milwaukee | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | – | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
Minnesota | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
New Jersey | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | – | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
New Orleans | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | – | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
New York | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | – | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Orlando | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | – | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
Philadelphia | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
Phoenix | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Portland | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | – | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Sacramento | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | – | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
San Antonio | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | – | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Seattle | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | – | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Toronto | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 3–1 |
Utah | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 |
Washington | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
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First round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
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2003 schedule |
Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Kevin Garnett | PF | 82 | 82 | 3,321 | 1,102 | 495 | 113 | 129 | 1,883 | 40.5 | 13.4 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 23.0 |
Anthony Peeler | SG | 82 | 39 | 2,245 | 241 | 244 | 72 | 13 | 630 | 27.4 | 2.9 | 3.0 | .9 | .2 | 7.7 |
Kendall Gill | SG | 82 | 34 | 2,068 | 248 | 156 | 78 | 15 | 714 | 25.2 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | .2 | 8.7 |
Gary Trent | SF | 80 | 22 | 1,222 | 291 | 77 | 32 | 23 | 476 | 15.3 | 3.6 | 1.0 | .4 | .3 | 6.0 |
Troy Hudson | PG | 79 | 74 | 2,600 | 183 | 452 | 60 | 7 | 1,123 | 32.9 | 2.3 | 5.7 | .8 | .1 | 14.2 |
Rasho Nesterović | C | 77 | 77 | 2,337 | 504 | 114 | 39 | 116 | 861 | 30.4 | 6.5 | 1.5 | .5 | 1.5 | 11.2 |
Marc Jackson | C | 77 | 0 | 1,041 | 225 | 37 | 24 | 30 | 421 | 13.5 | 2.9 | .5 | .3 | .4 | 5.5 |
Joe Smith | SF | 54 | 21 | 1,117 | 270 | 38 | 14 | 55 | 404 | 20.7 | 5.0 | .7 | .3 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
Wally Szczerbiak | SF | 52 | 42 | 1,836 | 241 | 136 | 44 | 22 | 913 | 35.3 | 4.6 | 2.6 | .8 | .4 | 17.6 |
Rod Strickland | PG | 47 | 8 | 956 | 95 | 215 | 46 | 6 | 320 | 20.3 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 1.0 | .1 | 6.8 |
Igor Rakočević | PG | 42 | 0 | 244 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 5.8 | .4 | .8 | .1 | .0 | 1.9 |
Loren Woods | C | 38 | 11 | 353 | 95 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 80 | 9.3 | 2.5 | .5 | .3 | .3 | 2.1 |
Mike Wilks† | PG | 31 | 0 | 324 | 30 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | .4 | .1 | 2.0 |
Reggie Slater | PF | 26 | 0 | 141 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 81 | 5.4 | 1.2 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 3.1 |
Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Kevin Garnett | PF | 6 | 6 | 265 | 94 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 162 | 44.2 | 15.7 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 27.0 |
Wally Szczerbiak | SF | 6 | 6 | 252 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 87 | 42.0 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 1.0 | .2 | 14.5 |
Troy Hudson | PG | 6 | 6 | 221 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 141 | 36.8 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 1.3 | .0 | 23.5 |
Rasho Nesterović | C | 6 | 6 | 169 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 28.2 | 5.0 | .7 | .2 | .7 | 7.0 |
Anthony Peeler | SG | 6 | 5 | 166 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 27.7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | .7 | .2 | 4.8 |
Kendall Gill | SG | 6 | 0 | 118 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 19.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | .7 | .2 | 5.2 |
Marc Jackson | C | 6 | 0 | 110 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 18.3 | 5.5 | 1.3 | .3 | .2 | 8.3 |
Rod Strickland | PG | 6 | 0 | 73 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | .7 | .3 | 4.7 |
Gary Trent | SF | 6 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 1.2 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 2.3 |
Joe Smith | SF | 5 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8.0 | 1.2 | .0 | .2 | .2 | 2.8 |
Mike Wilks | PG | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.8 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .8 |
Loren Woods | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
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