The Timberwolves finished the 2003-04 season with the best record in the Western Conference (58-24), securing their eighth consecutive playoff berth in the process. They edged out the Spurs (57-25) — Kevin Garnett getting one up on Tim Duncan — by a game for that best-record distinction, a significant accomplishment considering San Antonio was the defending NBA champion and had also won a title in 1999 (defeating the Wolves in the first round in 1999, by the way, and frustrating an early 20s fan enough that he yelled an unprintable thing at Malik Rose.