2003–04 Minnesota Timberwolves season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Minnesota Timberwolves 2004 yes 58 24 Midwest 1 1 Flip Saunders Kevin McHale Glen Taylor Target Center Western Conference Finals(lost to Lakers 2–4) MIN Fox Sports North KFAN The 2003–04 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2004.html 2003-04 Minnesota Timberwolves Roster and Statistics basketball-reference.com The season is one of the most memorable in Timberwolves history. During the offseason, the Timberwolves acquired 4-time All-Star guard Latrell Sprewell. The arrival was seen as controversial as Sprewell was known for his choking incident with then-Golden State Warriors head coach P. J. Carlesimo, though also known for helping the 8th-seeded New York Knicks to the NBA Finals in 1999.Isola Frank Knicks send Sprewell packing: Trade nets Van Horn New York Daily News July 24, 2003 http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/knicks-send-sprewell-packing-trade-nets-van-horn-article-1.512431 August 29, 2017 Sam Cassell, who was known for winning two championships with the Houston Rockets, and his tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks, where he helped guide the Bucks to the Eastern Conference finals in 2001, Timberwolves Get Cassell Los Angeles Times June 28, 2003 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-28-sp-nbarep28-story.html August 29, 2017 also was acquired to join Garnett, forming a "Big 3". The Timberwolves also signed free agents - former Number 1 Overall pick (in the 1998 draft) Michael Olowakandi and Trenton Hassell. With a Western Conference-best 58-24 finish, the Wolves set the franchise record for wins, and won its first and only division championship. Power forward Kevin Garnett averaged 24.2 points, a league-high 13.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.5 steals, and 2.2 blocks per game, winning the regular season Most Valuable Player Award. In the first round of the playoffs, the Timberwolves defeated the Denver Nuggets in five games, which was their first ever win in a playoff series. The Wolves were then pushed to the limit in the semi-finals by the Sacramento Kings, who they narrowly defeated in a deciding seventh game. In the Western Conference Finals, they faced the Los Angeles Lakers, who had defeated them in the prior season's first round in six games. The Lakers team, known for its star-studded starting lineup consisting of Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, and Karl Malone, bested the Wolves in six games, where they would then would go on to lose in the NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons in five games. Garnett, Cassell, and head coach Flip Saunders represented the Western Conference in the 2004 NBA All-Star Game. The 2004 All-Star Game was Cassell's only NBA All-Star appearance in his entire career. After this season, the Timberwolves would not reign victorious in another playoff series until 2024, experiencing a lengthy drought of 21 seasons in which the Timberwolves would go on to defeat the Denver Nuggets in 7 games to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in two decades. It would be 14 seasons, until 2018, before the Wolves would make the playoffs again. Offseason NBA draft 2003 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 26 Ndudi Ebi Forward 2 55 Rick Rickert Forward United States Minnesota Roster Minnesota Timberwolves 2003–04 #005083 #FFFFFF #000000 #FFFFFF 19 Sam Cassell PG 6 3 185 1969-11-18 Florida State 44 Ndudi Ebi SF 6 9 200 1984-06-18 Westbury Christian HS (TX) 21 Kevin Garnett PF 6 11 220 1976-05-19 Farragut Academy (IL) 23 Trenton Hassell SG 6 5 200 1979-03-04 Austin Peay 32 Fred Hoiberg SG 6 4 203 1972-10-15 Iowa State 16 Troy Hudson PG 6 1 170 1976-03-13 Southern Illinois 40 Ervin Johnson C 6 11 245 1967-12-21 New Orleans 35 Mark Madsen basketball C 6 9 240 1976-01-28 Stanford 15 Darrick Martin PG 5 11 170 1971-03-06 UCLA 3 Oliver Miller C 6 9 280 1970-04-06 Arkansas 34 Michael Olowokandi C 7 0 269 1975-04-03 Pacific 8 Latrell Sprewell SF 6 5 190 1970-09-08 Alabama 10 Wally Szczerbiak SF 6 7 244 1977-03-05 Miami University 20 Gary Trent C 6 8 250 1974-09-22 Ohio Flip Saunders Greg Ballard Jerry Sichting Randy Wittman Don Zierden Gregg Farnam (trainer) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2004.html January 30, 2004 Regular season Standings MIN MIN Game log Minnesota Timberwolves 2004 #005083 #8C92AC Total: 58–24 (home: 31–10; road: 27–14) Minnesota Timberwolves October yes #000000 #228B22 1 0 0 1 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 29 | Milwaukee | 20031029 MIN 95 89 | Kevin Garnett (25) | Kevin Garnett (21) | Sam Cassell (9) | Target Center17,784 | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | October 31 | @ New Jersey | 20031031 NJN 61 84 | Kevin Garnett (23) | Latrell Sprewell (10) | Sam Cassell (7) | Continental Airlines Arena17,145 | 1–1 Minnesota Timberwolves November #000000 #228B22 3 4 5 3 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | November 1 | Toronto | 20031101 MIN 73 56 | Kevin Garnett (20) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Latrell Sprewell (6) | Target Center15,869 | 2–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | November 3 | @ Utah | 20031103 UTA 88 93 | Sam Cassell (27) | Michael Olowokandi (8) | Sam Cassell (10) | Delta Center17,177 | 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | November 5 | Sacramento | 20031105 MIN 121 125 1 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Sam Cassell (14) | Target Center15,889 | 2–3 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | November 7 | @ Orlando | 20031107 ORL 100 71 | Latrell Sprewell (22) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Sam Cassell (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre16,074 | 3–3 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | November 8 | @ Miami | 20031108 MIA 88 79 | Kevin Garnett (25) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Sam Cassell (6) | American Airlines Arena14,645 | 4–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | November 11 | Seattle | 20031111 MIN 87 89 | Kevin Garnett (26) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Sam Cassell (13) | Target Center14,107 | 4–4 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | November 13 | @ Chicago | 20031113 CHI 92 89 1 | Latrell Sprewell (27) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Sam Cassell (5) | United Center21,722 | 5–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | November 14 | Utah | 20031114 MIN 77 85 | Kevin Garnett (23) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Garnett, McLeod (7) | Target Center17,182 | 5–5 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | November 18 | Denver | 20031118 MIN 89 76 | Kevin Garnett (26) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Garnett, McLeod (8) | Target Center15,090 | 6–5 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | November 21 | @ Cleveland | 20031121 CLE 97 83 | Latrell Sprewell (31) | Kevin Garnett (15) | Sam Cassell (6) | Gund Arena19,269 | 7–5 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | November 22 | L.A. Clippers | 20031122 MIN 103 91 | Kevin Garnett (30) | Kevin Garnett (19) | Sam Cassell (8) | Target Center16,080 | 8–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | November 25 | @ Indiana | 20031125 IND 75 98 | Garnett, Cassell (25) | Kevin Garnett (16) | Sam Cassell (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,540 | 8–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | November 26 | New York | 20031126 MIN 92 97 | Kevin Garnett (25) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (10) | Target Center15,901 | 8–7 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | November 28 | @ Memphis | 20031128 MEM 102 98 | Sam Cassell (25) | Kevin Garnett (18) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Pyramid Arena16,741 | 9–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | November 29 | @ Dallas | 20031129 DAL 88 92 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (20) | Sam Cassell (7) | American Airlines Center20,089 | 9–8 Minnesota Timberwolves December #000000 #228B22 4 1 7 1 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | December 3 | @ Phoenix | 20031203 PHO 92 79 | Sam Cassell (27) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Sam Cassell (8) | America West Arena16,508 | 10–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 19 | December 5 | @ Sacramento | 20031205 SAC 112 109 1 | Latrell Sprewell (37) | Kevin Garnett (25) | Kevin Garnett (6) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 11–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | December 7 | @ L.A. Clippers | 20031207 LAC 96 94 | Latrell Sprewell (27) | Kevin Garnett (8) | Sam Cassell (10) | Staples Center14,370 | 12–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | December 9 | Golden State | 20031209 MIN 95 98 | Kevin Garnett (33) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (12) | Target Center14,195 | 12–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | December 12 | @ Washington | 20031212 WAS 110 91 | Sam Cassell (25) | Kevin Garnett (16) | Sprewell, Cassell (7) | MCI Center16,802 | 13–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | December 15 | @ Boston | 20031215 BOS 116 95 | Garnett, Cassell (27) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Sam Cassell (9) | FleetCenter17,234 | 14–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | December 16 | Houston | 20031216 MIN 92 75 | Sam Cassell (25) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Cassell, Garnett (6) | Target Center15,715 | 15–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 25 | December 18 | Dallas | 20031218 MIN 114 109 | Kevin Garnett (35) | Gary Trent (12) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Target Center17,794 | 16–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | December 20 | Indiana | 20031220 MIN 102 80 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (9) | Sam Cassell (10) | Target Center16,624 | 17–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | December 23 | @ New York | 20031223 NYK 98 92 | Sprewell, Cassell (31) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Sam Cassell (5) | Madison Square Garden19,763 | 18–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | December 26 | @ Portland | 20031226 POR 92 101 | Kevin Garnett (27) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Garnett, Cassell (9) | Rose Garden Arena17,237 | 18–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | December 27 | @ Seattle | 20031227 SEA 104 86 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (8) | KeyArena17,072 | 19–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 30 | December 30 | Chicago | 20031230 MIN 98 93 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (15) | Sam Cassell (9) | Target Center20,092 | 20–10 Minnesota Timberwolves January #000000 #228B22 7 0 5 3 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | January 2 | Atlanta | 20040102 MIN 93 75 | Kevin Garnett (18) | Kevin Garnett (15) | Sam Cassell (11) | Target Center17,074 | 21–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | January 3 | @ Dallas | 20040103 DAL 112 119 | Sam Cassell (34) | Kevin Garnett (22) | Kevin Garnett (7) | American Airlines Center19,936 | 21–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | January 6 | L.A. Lakers | 20040106 MIN 106 90 | Latrell Sprewell (30) | Kevin Garnett (18) | Hassell, Cassell (7) | Target Center20,095 | 22–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | January 8 | Portland | 20040108 MIN 96 75 | Kevin Garnett (26) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (11) | Target Center15,599 | 23–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 35 | January 10 | Miami | 20040110 MIN 83 77 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Kevin Garnett (6) | Target Center17,026 | 24–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 36 | January 13 | @ New Orleans | 20040113 NOH 94 89 | Latrell Sprewell (26) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (6) | New Orleans Arena14,701 | 25–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 37 | January 14 | @ San Antonio | 20040114 SAS 100 93 | Sam Cassell (33) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Sam Cassell (9) | SBC Center17,411 | 26–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 38 | January 17 | @ Houston | 20040117 HOU 76 95 | Sam Cassell (25) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Kevin Garnett (6) | Toyota Center18,145 | 26–12 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 39 | January 19 | New Orleans | 20040119 MIN 97 90 | Kevin Garnett (29) | Kevin Garnett (15) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Target Center17,117 | 27–12 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 40 | January 21 | @ Toronto | 20040121 TOR 108 97 | Sam Cassell (30) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Sam Cassell (13) | Air Canada Centre18,846 | 28–12 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 41 | January 23 | Detroit | 20040123 MIN 80 79 | Kevin Garnett (22) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Sam Cassell (8) | Target Center19,006 | 29–12 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 42 | January 25 | Phoenix | 20040125 MIN 99 95 | Sam Cassell (32) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Kevin Garnett (8) | Target Center16,002 | 30–12 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 43 | January 26 | @ Denver | 20040126 DEN 97 95 | Kevin Garnett (31) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Sam Cassell (11) | Pepsi Center15,320 | 31–12 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 44 | January 28 | @ Golden State | 20040128 GSW 90 97 | Latrell Sprewell (27) | Kevin Garnett (20) | Kevin Garnett (10) | The Arena in Oakland18,112 | 31–13 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 45 | January 30 | @ L.A. Lakers | 20040130 LAL 97 84 | Latrell Sprewell (35) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Sam Cassell (11) | Staples Center18,997 | 32–13 Minnesota Timberwolves February #000000 #228B22 8 2 3 2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 46 | February 1 | Philadelphia | 20040201 MIN 106 101 | Kevin Garnett (32) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Cassell, Garnett (9) | Target Center16,987 | 33–13 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 47 | February 3 | Orlando | 20040203 MIN 113 100 | Kevin Garnett (30) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (10) | Target Center14,979 | 34–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 48 | February 4 | @ Atlanta | 20040204 ATL 89 97 | Sam Cassell (20) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Sam Cassell (7) | Philips Arena16,073 | 34–14 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 49 | February 6 | Cleveland | 20040206 MIN 103 92 | Kevin Garnett (35) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Sam Cassell (11) | Target Center19,212 | 35–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 50 | February 8 | Memphis | 20040208 MIN 98 99 | Sam Cassell (34) | Kevin Garnett (16) | Sam Cassell (11) | Target Center19,179 | 35–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 51 | February 10 | L.A. Clippers | 20040210 MIN 96 84 | Kevin Garnett (31) | Kevin Garnett (16) | Sam Cassell (12) | Target Center15,298 | 36–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 52 | February 11 | @ Utah | 20040211 UTA 77 66 | Sam Cassell (24) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Sam Cassell (7) | Delta Center19,911 | 37–15 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |-style="background:#cfc;" | 53 | February 17 | Phoenix | 20040217 MIN 110 95 | Kevin Garnett (32) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (10) | Target Center16,181 | 38–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 54 | February 19 | Sacramento | 20040219 MIN 92 75 | Kevin Garnett (22) | Kevin Garnett (24) | Sprewell, Cassell (5) | Target Center18,667 | 39–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 55 | February 20 | @ Detroit | 20040220 DET 88 87 | Kevin Garnett (25) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Sam Cassell (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 40–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 56 | February 22 | San Antonio | 20040222 MIN 92 94 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Target Center20,347 | 40–16 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 57 | February 24 | @ Milwaukee | 20040224 MIL 108 102 | Sam Cassell (29) | Kevin Garnett (18) | Garnett, Cassell (6) | Bradley Center18,717 | 41–16 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 58 | February 25 | New Jersey | 20040225 MIN 81 68 | Troy Hudson (29) | Michael Olowokandi (11) | Kevin Garnett (6) | Target Center17,232 | 42–16 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 59 | February 27 | Golden State | 20040227 MIN 91 81 | Kevin Garnett (24) | Fred Hoiberg (11) | Kevin Garnett (9) | Target Center19,012 | 43–16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 60 | February 29 | @ Philadelphia | 20040229 PHI 74 81 | Kevin Garnett (27) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Kevin Garnett (5) | Wachovia Center20,453 | 43–17 Minnesota Timberwolves March #000000 #228B22 5 3 4 4 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 61 | March 3 | Dallas | 20040303 MIN 121 97 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (19) | Sam Cassell (10) | Target Center19,006 | 44–17 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 62 | March 5 | Houston | 20040305 MIN 109 112 | Kevin Garnett (32) | Kevin Garnett (18) | Sam Cassell (13) | Target Center20,109 | 44–18 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 63 | March 7 | Boston | 20040307 MIN 77 80 | Kevin Garnett (20) | Garnett, Olowokandi (14) | Kevin Garnett (6) | Target Center17,661 | 44–19 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 64 | March 9 | @ Seattle | 20040309 SEA 105 92 | Latrell Sprewell (31) | Garnett, Olowokandi (10) | Sam Cassell (6) | KeyArena17,072 | 45–19 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 65 | March 10 | @ Portland | 20040310 POR 79 92 | Kevin Garnett (20) | Sam Cassell (8) | Sam Cassell (9) | Rose Garden Arena15,456 | 45–20 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 66 | March 12 | L.A. Lakers | 20040312 MIN 96 86 | Kevin Garnett (20) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Sam Cassell (7) | Target Center20,391 | 46–20 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 67 | March 14 | Portland | 20040314 MIN 83 92 | Garnett, Cassell (20) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (8) | Target Center18,787 | 46–21 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 68 | March 18 | @ San Antonio | 20040318 SAS 86 106 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Kevin Garnett (3) | SBC Center18,797 | 46–22 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 69 | March 19 | @ Phoenix | 20040319 PHO 93 80 | Wally Szczerbiak (24) | Kevin Garnett (20) | Kevin Garnett (6) | America West Arena18,422 | 47–22 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 70 | March 21 | Denver | 20040321 MIN 98 77 | Kevin Garnett (20) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Target Center19,557 | 48–22 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 71 | March 23 | San Antonio | 20040323 MIN 86 81 | Kevin Garnett (27) | Garnett, Cassell (10) | Sam Cassell (11) | Target Center20,111 | 49–22 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 72 | March 24 | @ Denver | 20040324 DEN 92 101 | Kevin Garnett (24) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Sam Cassell (6) | Pepsi Center19,099 | 49–23 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 73 | March 26 | @ L.A. Lakers | 20040326 LAL 73 90 | Latrell Sprewell (19) | Kevin Garnett (16) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Staples Center18,997 | 49–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 74 | March 27 | @ L.A. Clippers | 20040327 LAC 98 82 | Latrell Sprewell (18) | Kevin Garnett (15) | Kevin Garnett (5) | Staples Center19,424 | 50–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 75 | March 29 | @ Houston | 20040329 HOU 94 88 | Kevin Garnett (27) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Kevin Garnett (9) | Toyota Center16,270 | 51–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 76 | March 31 | Seattle | 20040331 MIN 90 83 | Garnett, Sprewell (27) | Michael Olowokandi (11) | Sam Cassell (9) | Target Center19,006 | 52–24 Minnesota Timberwolves April #000000 #228B22 3 0 3 0 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 77 | April 2 | Washington | 20040402 MIN 91 73 | Kevin Garnett (22) | Michael Olowokandi (12) | Sam Cassell (7) | Target Center19,159 | 53–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 78 | April 4 | Memphis | 20040404 MIN 90 82 | Sam Cassell (36) | Kevin Garnett (22) | Sam Cassell (8) | Target Center19,068 | 54–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 79 | April 8 | @ Sacramento | 20040408 SAC 94 86 | Sam Cassell (29) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Kevin Garnett (5) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 55–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 80 | April 9 | @ Golden State | 20040409 GSW 92 74 | Kevin Garnett (29) | Kevin Garnett (15) | Sam Cassell (7) | The Arena in Oakland19,753 | 56–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 81 | April 12 | Utah | 20040412 MIN 104 90 | Kevin Garnett (21) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Sam Cassell (6) | Target Center18,881 | 57–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 82 | April 14 | @ Memphis | 20040414 MEM 107 90 | Kevin Garnett (26) | Garnett, Olowokandi (9) | Sam Cassell (8) | Pyramid Arena19,351 | 58–24 MIN 2004 Playoffs Minnesota Timberwolves 2004 yes #005083 #8c92ac Minnesota Timberwolves #228B22 #000000 First round yes yes no 3 0 1 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 18 | Denver | W 106–92 | Sam Cassell (40) | Kevin Garnett (20) | Garnett, Sprewell (4) | Target Center18,503 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 21 | Denver | W 95–81 | Latrell Sprewell (31) | Kevin Garnett (22) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Target Center18,101 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 24 | @ Denver | L 86–107 | Latrell Sprewell (25) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Kevin Garnett (8) | Pepsi Center19,713 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 27 | @ Denver | W 84–82 | Kevin Garnett (27) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Kevin Garnett (5) | Pepsi Center19,694 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 30 | Denver | W 102–91 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Garnett, Madsen (7) | Kevin Garnett (8) | Target Center19,890 | 4–1 |- Minnesota Timberwolves #228B22 #000000 Conference Semi-finals yes no 3 1 1 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 4 | Sacramento | L 98–104 | Sam Cassell (40) | Kevin Garnett (18) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Target Center18,792 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 8 | Sacramento | W 94–89 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Garnett, Johnson (11) | Sam Cassell (7) | Target Center19,599 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 10 | @ Sacramento | W 114–113 (OT) | Kevin Garnett (30) | Kevin Garnett (15) | Latrell Sprewell (6) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 12 | @ Sacramento | L 81–87 | Kevin Garnett (19) | Kevin Garnett (21) | Cassell, Garnett (6) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 14 | Sacramento | W 86–74 | Latrell Sprewell (34) | Mark Madsen (13) | Sam Cassell (7) | Target Center19,318 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 16 | @ Sacramento | L 87–104 | Latrell Sprewell (27) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Kevin Garnett (5) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | May 19 | Sacramento | W 83–80 | Kevin Garnett (32) | Kevin Garnett (21) | Sam Cassell (7) | Target Center19,944 | 4–3 |- Minnesota Timberwolves #228B22 #000000 Conference finals yes no 2 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 21 | L.A. Lakers | L 88–97 | Latrell Sprewell (23) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Sam Cassell (8) | Target Center19,552 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 23 | L.A. Lakers | W 89–71 | Kevin Garnett (24) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Latrell Sprewell (8) | Target Center19,707 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 25 | @ L.A. Lakers | L 89–100 | Kevin Garnett (22) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Staples Center18,997 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 27 | @ L.A. Lakers | L 85–92 | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Kevin Garnett (9) | Staples Center18,997 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 29 | L.A. Lakers | W 98–96 | Kevin Garnett (30) | Kevin Garnett (19) | Latrell Sprewell (5) | Target Center20,109 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 31 | @ L.A. Lakers | L 90–96 | Latrell Sprewell (27) | Kevin Garnett (17) | Sprewell, Martin (5) | Staples Center18,997 | 2–4 |- MIN yes 2004 Awards and honors Week/Month Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played November 16 through November 22. Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played December 14 through December 20. Sam Cassell was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played December 21 through December 27. Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played January 18 through January 24. Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played January 25 through January 31. Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Month for December. Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Month for January. Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Month for February. Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Month for April. Flip Saunders was named Western Conference Coach of the Month for April. All-Star Kevin Garnett was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his seventh consecutive All-Star selection. Garnett finished first among Western Conference players in voting with 1,780,918 votes. Sam Cassell was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first and only All-Star selection. Flip Saunders coached the Western Conference to a 136–132 victory over the Eastern Conference. Season Kevin Garnett received the Most Valuable Player Award. Kevin Garnett was named to the All-NBA First Team. Garnett also finished sixth in Defensive Player of the Year voting. Sam Cassell was named to the All-NBA Second Team. Cassell also finished tenth in MVP voting. Injuries/Missed games 10/27/03: Troy Hudson: Sprained ankle; placed on injured list until December 20 10/29/03: Wally Szczerbiak: Inflamed arch in foot; placed on injured reserve until February 19 11/22/03: Michael Olowokandi: Knee tendinitis; out until November 28 11/26/03: Mark Madsen: Back spasms; out until December 9 12/05/03: Michael Olowokandi: Knee tendinitis; placed on injured list until February 20 12/12/03: Mark Madsen: Back spasms; out until December 20 12/20/03: Ervin Johnson: Personal reasons; did not play 12/26/03: Troy Hudson: Sprained ankle; out until January 19 01/10/04: Gary Trent: Sprained ankle; out until January 19 01/23/04: Ervin Johnson: Personal reasons; did not play 01/25/04: Ervin Johnson: Personal reasons; did not play 02/01/04: Troy Hudson: Sprained ankle; out until February 17 02/19/04: Ndudi Ebi: Knee tendinitis; placed on injured list for rest of season 02/25/04: Sam Cassell: Ankle tendinitis; did not play 02/27/04: Wally Szczerbiak: Flu; did not play 03/21/04: Troy Hudson: Sore ankle; did not play 03/23/04: Troy Hudson: Sore ankle; did not play 03/31/04: Troy Hudson: Sprained ankle; placed on injured list for rest of season 04/27/04: Wally Szczerbiak: Cracked vertebrae; out until May 14 05/29/04: Sam Cassell: Back spasms; did not play 05/31/04: Sam Cassell: Back spasms; did not play http://www.prosportstransactions.com/basketball/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=timberwolves&BeginDate=2003-10-01&EndDate=2004-06-01&ILChkBx=yes&NBADLChkBx=yes&InjuriesChkBx=yes&PersonalChkBx=yes&DisciplinaryChkBx=yes&LegalChkBx=yes&submit=Search Basketball Transactions Search Results prosportstransactions.com Player statistics Regular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameKevin GarnettPF82 82 3,231 1,139 409 120 178 1,987 39.4 13.9 5.0 1.5 2.2 24.2Latrell SprewellSF82 82 3,100 310 286 88 21 1,375 37.8 3.8 3.5 1.1 .3 16.8Sam CassellPG 81 81 2,838 271 592 102 18 1,603 35.0 3.3 7.3 1.3 .2 19.8Trenton HassellSG 81 74 2,264 257 133 36 54 406 28.0 3.2 1.6 .4 .7 5.0Fred HoibergSG 79 3 1,804 268 109 66 10 530 22.8 3.4 1.4 .8 .1 6.7Mark Madsen basketballC 72 12 1,246 272 28 33 18 259 17.3 3.8 .4 .5 .3 3.6Gary TrentC 68 2 1,025 216 49 12 17 379 15.1 3.2 .7 .2 .3 5.6Ervin JohnsonC 66 47 965 232 24 27 43 127 14.6 3.5 .4 .4 .7 1.9Oliver MillerC 48 1 506 130 36 19 26 121 10.5 2.7 .8 .4 .5 2.5Michael OlowokandiC 43 25 925 245 24 16 68 278 21.5 5.7 .6 .4 1.6 6.5Keith McLeodPG 33 0 391 34 59 16 1 88 11.8 1.0 1.8 .5 .0 2.7Troy HudsonPG 29 1 503 35 70 7 0 218 17.3 1.2 2.4 .2 .0 7.5Wally SzczerbiakSF 28 0 622 88 33 12 1 285 22.2 3.1 1.2 .4 .0 10.2Ndudi EbiSF 17 0 32 3 3 0 4 13 1.9 .2 .2 .0 .2 .8Darrick MartinPG 16 0 172 7 23 2 1 55 10.8 .4 1.4 .1 .1 3.4Quincy LewisSF 14 0 65 7 2 2 2 16 4.6 .5 .1 .1 .1 1.1Anthony Goldwire†PG 5 0 66 6 10 3 0 13 13.2 1.2 2.0 .6 .0 2.6 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Timberwolves only. Playoffs Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameKevin GarnettPF18 18 783 263 92 24 41 438 43.5 14.6 5.1 1.3 2.3 24.3Latrell SprewellSF18 18 771 79 72 29 12 357 42.8 4.4 4.0 1.6 .7 19.8Trenton HassellSG18 18 472 44 27 10 7 138 26.2 2.4 1.5 .6 .4 7.7Ervin JohnsonC18 16 356 84 13 11 10 48 19.8 4.7 .7 .6 .6 2.7Fred HoibergSG18 0 438 66 23 16 0 115 24.3 3.7 1.3 .9 .0 6.4Mark Madsen basketballC 17 0 222 58 2 5 4 47 13.1 3.4 .1 .3 .2 2.8Sam CassellPG 16 15 497 40 70 12 3 265 31.1 2.5 4.4 .8 .2 16.6Darrick MartinPG 16 3 182 14 23 4 0 50 11.4 .9 1.4 .3 .0 3.1Michael OlowokandiC 15 2 224 52 2 2 11 31 14.9 3.5 .1 .1 .7 2.1Gary TrentC 13 0 71 12 2 0 0 21 5.5 .9 .2 .0 .0 1.6Wally SzczerbiakSF 12 0 298 39 20 6 2 142 24.8 3.3 1.7 .5 .2 11.8Oliver MillerC 8 0 31 5 1 0 3 3 3.9 .6 .1 .0 .4 .4 Transactions Trades June 27, 2003 To Milwaukee Bucks---- USA Anthony Peeler USA Joe Smith To Minnesota Timberwolves---- USA Sam Cassell USA Ervin Johnson July 23, 2003 To Philadelphia 76ers---- USA Marc Jackson USA Glenn Robinson 2006 second-round draft pick (USA Daniel Gibson) To Atlanta Hawks---- USA Terrell Brandon USA Randy Holcomb 2007 protected first-round draft pick To New York Knicks---- USA Keith Van Horn To Minnesota Timberwolves---- USA Latrell Sprewell Free agents Additions Date Player Contract Former Team July 16, 2003 Michael Olowokandi Signed 3-year contract for $16.2 million Los Angeles Clippers July 28, 2003 Fred Hoiberg Signed 1-year contract for $938,679 Chicago Bulls July 28, 2003 Mark Madsen Signed 2-year contract for $1.4 million Los Angeles Lakers September 30, 2003 Quincy Lewis Undisclosed Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) September 30, 2003 Keith McLeod Undisclosed Basket Livorno (Italy) October 25, 2003 Keith McLeod Undisclosed Minnesota Timberwolves October 29, 2003 Trenton Hassell Signed 1-year contract for $638,679 Chicago Bulls December 13, 2003 Oliver Miller Signed 1-year contract for $686,838 Fujian Xunxing (China) January 7, 2004 Anthony Goldwire Signed two 10-day contracts Yakima Sun Kings (CBA) January 30, 2004 Darrick Martin Signed two 10-day contracts Harlem Globetrotters March 31, 2004 Darrick Martin Signed for rest of season Minnesota Timberwolves Subtractions Date Player Reason Left New Team May 7, 2003 Igor Rakočević Waived Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) October 21, 2003 Keith McLeod Waived Minnesota Timberwolves December 20, 2003 Quincy Lewis Waived Lucentum Alicante (Spain) January 7, 2004 Keith McLeod Waived Yakima Sun Kings (CBA) January 26, 2004 Anthony Goldwire Waived Aris (Greece) February 20, 2004 Darrick Martin 10-day contract expired Minnesota Timberwolves https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2004_transactions.html 2003-04 Minnesota Timberwolves Transactions basketball-reference.com References 30em Category:Minnesota Timberwolves seasons Monnesota Category:2003 in sports in Minnesota Category:2004 in sports in Minnesota