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In the 2002-03 regular season, Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett:
Led the Wolves to a franchise-record 51 wins; the team also set a franchise record with 33 home wins, second-best in the NBA
Guaranteed his fourth straight 20/10/5 season after just 71 games; he is second only to Larry Bird (five consecutive) in league history in that category, and tied with Wilt Chamberlain in total 20/10/5 seasons
Set career highs in all three categories — 23.0 ppg, 13.4 rpg, 6.0 apg; only Wilt Chamberlain (in MVP seasons of 1966-67 and 1967-68) exceeded those averages in one season
Ranked among the NBA's top 15 in scoring, rebounds and assists — the first player to do so since Larry Bird (24.3 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 7.5 apg) in 1989-90
Led the league with 68 double-doubles, the most in the NBA in 10 years — since Hakeem Olajuwon (72) and Shaquille O'Neal (68) in 1992-93
Finished the season leading Minnesota in all five major "counting" categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. He became the third player in NBA history to accomplish that feat, joining Dave Cowens (1977-78) and Scottie Pippen (1994-95)
Led the NBA with six triple-doubles
Missed a triple-double by one assist in six other games, and finished either two or three assists shy in 16 other games
Set a Timberwolves record with 19 consecutive double-doubles
Ranked first in the NBA in efficiency ranking; he was the only player above 30.00 points on that list
Ranked second in the league in rebounding average; he set franchise records for total rebounds and defensive rebounds
Tied his career high with 24 rebounds March 5 at Sacramento; set a franchise record with 20 defensive rebounds in that game
Ranked ninth in scoring average; he scored in double figures all 82 games, and 30+ points 10 times
Had five games of 20+ points and 20+ rebounds
Scored his 10,000th career point on Opening Night and his 11,000th on Jan. 30 at Dallas
Ranked first among forwards (and 13th overall) in assists
Led the Wolves in points, rebounds and assists 21 times
Recorded 301 "Nestle Crunch Time" points, tops in the league
Named Western Conference Player of the Month for April
Was named Western Conference Player of the Month for February as the Timberwolves set a team record for most wins in a month
Scored 27.7 ppg in February, the highest-scoring month of his eight-year career
Earned MVP honors in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game
Was named Western Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 25
