2004–05 Minnesota Timberwolves season

2004–05 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach	Flip Saunders Kevin McHale
Owner(s)	Glen Taylor
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	44–38 (.537)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 2004–05 NBA season was the 16th season for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association. They came fourteen wins shy of tying the previous season, finishing 44–38 and missing the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons.^[1] During the season, it became clear that the Timberwolves were not the same team of years past. Head coach Flip Saunders was replaced midway through the season with team GM Kevin McHale, who took over for the rest of the season as head coach. Following the season, Latrell Sprewell retired after turning down an contact extension and Sam Cassell was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	30	Forfeited pick
2	58	Blake Stepp	PG	United States	Gonzaga

Roster

2004–05 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
1.5 !G	7	USA !	Carter, Anthony	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1975-06-16	Hawaiʻi
1.5 !G	19	USA !	Cassell, Sam	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1969-11-18	Florida State
4.0 !F	44	NGR !	Ebi, Ndudi	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1984-06-18	Westbury Christian (HS)
5.5 !F/C	21	USA !	Garnett, Kevin	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1976-05-19	Farragut Academy (HS)
4.0 !F	41	USA !	Griffin, Eddie	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1982-05-30	Seton Hall
2.5 !G/F	23	USA !	Hassell, Trenton	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1979-03-04	Austin Peay State
1.5 !G	32	USA !	Hoiberg, Fred	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	1972-10-15	Iowa State
1.5 !G	16	USA !	Hudson, Troy	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1976-03-13	Southern Illinois
6.0 !C	40	USA !	Johnson, Ervin	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1967-12-21	New Orleans
4.0 !F	35	USA !	Madsen, Mark	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1976-01-28	Stanford
6.0 !C	34	NGR !	Olowokandi, Michael	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	269 lb (122 kg)	1975-04-03	Pacific
2.5 !G/F	8	USA !	Sprewell, Latrell	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1970-09-08	Alabama
4.0 !F	10	USA !	Szczerbiak, Wally	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	1977-03-05	Miami (OH)
6.0 !C	12	USA !	Thomas, John	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	1975-09-08	Minnesota

Head coach

Flip Saunders (Minnesota)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserve	Inactive
C	Michael Olowokandi	Mark Madsen	John Thomas	Ervin Johnson
PF	Kevin Garnett	Eddie Griffin
SF	Latrell Sprewell	Wally Szczerbiak
SG	Trenton Hassell	Ndudi Ebi	Fred Hoiberg
PG	Troy Hudson	Sam Cassell	Anthony Carter

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB
Seattle SuperSonics	52	30	.634	--
Denver Nuggets	49	33	.598	3
Minnesota Timberwolves	44	38	.537	8
Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	25
Utah Jazz	26	56	.317	26

Record vs. opponents

2004-05 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	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	—	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–4
Boston	3–1	—	4–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1
Charlotte	3–1	0–4	—	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–4
Chicago	4–0	2–2	4–0	—	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	0–4	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2
Cleveland	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–2
Dallas	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
Denver	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0
Detroit	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–0
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	—	1–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	—	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Indiana	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	4–0	0–3	2–0	—	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	0–3	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–2
Memphis	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	3–0	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–2
Miami	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	2–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	3–1	1–1
New Jersey	3–0	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	—	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–3
New Orleans	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
New York	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–4	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–1
Orlando	3–1	0–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	—	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	2–2	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Portland	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	—	1–3	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–2
Sacramento	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	—	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	—	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Seattle	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–1	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–3
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	—	0–2
Washington	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	—

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Carter, Anthony !Anthony Carter
Cassell, Sam !Sam Cassell
Ebi, Ndudi !Ndudi Ebi
Garnett, Kevin !Kevin Garnett
Griffin, Eddie !Eddie Griffin
Hassell, Trenton !Trenton Hassell
Hoiberg, Fred !Fred Hoiberg
Hudson, Troy !Troy Hudson
Johnson, Ervin !Ervin Johnson
Madsen, Mark !Mark Madsen
Olowokandi, Michael !Michael Olowokandi
Sprewell, Latrell !Latrell Sprewell
Szczerbiak, Wally !Wally Szczerbiak
Thomas, John !John Thomas
Wilks, Mike !Mike Wilks
Woods, Loren !Loren Woods

Awards and records

Kevin Garnett, NBA All-Defensive First Team

References

↑ "2004-05 Minnesota Timberwolves". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-17.

Minnesota Timberwolves
Founded in 1989 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Franchise	Franchise Expansion draft All-time roster Seasons Accomplishments and records Broadcasters Draft history Head coaches Current season
Arenas	Metrodome Target Center
General managers	McKinney McCloskey Saunders McHale Kahn Saunders Newton Layden
G League affiliate	Iowa Wolves
Administration	Owner Glen Taylor General Manager Scott Layden President of Basketball Operations Tom Thibodeau Head Coach Tom Thibodeau
Division championships (1)	2004
Culture and lore	Crunch the Wolf Failed move to New Orleans Joe Somebody Mayo Clinic Square
Retired numbers	2

Minnesota Timberwolves seasons

1990s

2000s

2010s

2017-18

2004–05 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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