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2004–05 Minnesota Timberwolves season

NBA professional basketball team season

Flip Saunders (fired)
Kevin McHale

The 2004–05 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 16th season competing in the National Basketball Association. After appearing in the Conference Finals the previous season, the Timberwolves played at around .500 for the first half of the season. However, the team began to struggle further into the season, losing six straight games between January and February and slipping below .500. After a 25–26 start, longtime head coach Flip Saunders was fired and replaced with general manager Kevin McHale for the remainder of the season. The Timberwolves improved under McHale's management, but finished the season in third position in the Northwest Division. With a 44–38 regular season record, they missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996. Kevin Garnett led the team in scoring, rebounding and assists, as he was selected for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. Following the season, Latrell Sprewell retired after turning down a contract extension, Sam Cassell was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, and McHale was fired as coach. This marked the beginning of over a decade of futility for the Timberwolves. From 2005 to 2018, they failed to make the playoffs.

Draft picks

Main article: 2004 NBA draft

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

Roster

Flip Saunders (fired)
Kevin McHale
Sidney Lowe
Jerry Sichting
Randy Wittman
Don Zierden
Gregg Farnam (trainer)

Regular season

Season standings

Player statistics

Ragular season

POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
PF	82	82	3,121	1,108	466	121	112	1,817	38.1	13.5	5.7	1.5	1.4	22.2
SG	82	51	2,068	219	128	30	30	541	25.2	2.7	1.6	.4	.4	6.6
SF	81	37	2,558	303	191	40	16	1,253	31.6	3.7	2.4	.5	.2	15.5
SF	80	79	2,450	254	179	53	21	1,021	30.6	3.2	2.2	.7	.3	12.8
PG	79	32	1,729	105	283	27	6	691	21.9	1.3	3.6	.3	.1	8.7
SG	76	0	1,272	181	85	50	15	437	16.7	2.4	1.1	.7	.2	5.8
PF	70	0	1,492	453	53	23	118	527	21.3	6.5	.8	.3	1.7	7.5
PG	66	12	742	69	161	35	18	181	11.2	1.0	2.4	.5	.3	2.7
C	62	34	1,215	324	29	15	56	368	19.6	5.2	.5	.2	.9	5.9
PG	59	38	1,522	157	301	36	14	799	25.8	2.7	5.1	.6	.2	13.5
C	46	23	410	113	6	7	13	73	8.9	2.5	.1	.2	.3	1.6
C	44	8	521	97	17	15	13	111	11.8	2.2	.4	.3	.3	2.5
C	41	14	601	128	18	7	14	88	14.7	3.1	.4	.2	.3	2.1
SG	2	0	54	16	1	1	1	27	27.0	8.0	.5	.5	.5	13.5

Awards and records

Kevin Garnett, NBA All-Defensive First Team

References

"2004-05 Minnesota Timberwolves". Basketball-reference.com.

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