Apr 1, 2013 - Boston Celtics at Minnesota Timberwolves

4/1/2013 Minnesota v. Boston Game Preview

	Boston Celtics	(38-36, 13-25 away)
	Minnesota Timberwolves	(27-46, 18-19 home)

April 1, 2013 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Target Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Season Series - Tied 1-1

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 5, 2012	Minnesota	Boston	94 - 104	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Apr 1, 2013	Boston	Minnesota	100 - 110	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center

2012-2013 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Boston	81	49.0	96.5	37.0	79.7	.465	6.1	17.2	.358	16.3	21.0	.776	8.1	31.3	39.3	22.8	8.2	4.5	14.6	21.2
Minnesota	82	48.1	95.7	35.9	81.7	.439	5.5	18.0	.305	18.5	24.9	.742	11.9	30.2	42.0	22.4	8.5	4.7	14.8	18.4
BOS Opponents	81	49.0	96.7	36.1	82.0	.441	6.8	19.9	.342	17.7	23.9	.740	11.4	32.1	43.6	21.6	7.8	4.7	15.1	19.4
MIN Opponents	82	48.1	98.1	38.0	81.2	.468	7.0	19.0	.369	15.2	20.1	.752	10.6	31.5	42.1	22.3	8.1	5.9	16.0	22.5

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 5, 2012	Minnesota	Boston	94 - 104	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 30, 2012	Boston	Minnesota	100 - 79	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 27, 2011	Boston	Minnesota	85 - 82	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 3, 2011	Minnesota	Boston	93 - 96	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Dec 20, 2009	Minnesota	Boston	104 - 122	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Nov 4, 2009	Boston	Minnesota	92 - 90	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 1, 2009	Minnesota	Boston	101 - 109	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 21, 2008	Boston	Minnesota	95 - 78	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 8, 2008	Boston	Minnesota	88 - 86	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 25, 2008	Minnesota	Boston	86 - 87	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 4, 2007	Minnesota	Boston	117 - 124	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Feb 11, 2007	Boston	Minnesota	107 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 30, 2006	Boston	Minnesota	85 - 110	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 18, 2006	Minnesota	Boston	96 - 103	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 6, 2005	Minnesota	Boston	99 - 97	Minnesota	Regular Season	TD Garden
Feb 6, 2005	Boston	Minnesota	103 - 100	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 7, 2004	Boston	Minnesota	80 - 77	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 15, 2003	Minnesota	Boston	116 - 95	Minnesota	Regular Season	TD Garden
Dec 20, 2002	Minnesota	Boston	99 - 108	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Nov 9, 2002	Boston	Minnesota	105 - 99	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 15, 2002	Boston	Minnesota	93 - 90	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 1, 2002	Minnesota	Boston	98 - 95	Minnesota	Regular Season	TD Garden
Jan 15, 2001	Boston	Minnesota	107 - 102	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 1, 2000	Minnesota	Boston	102 - 98	Minnesota	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 22, 2000	Minnesota	Boston	109 - 106	Minnesota	Regular Season	TD Garden
Jan 13, 2000	Boston	Minnesota	85 - 103	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 24, 1999	Minnesota	Boston	87 - 68	Minnesota	Regular Season	TD Garden
Jan 21, 1998	Boston	Minnesota	95 - 104	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 2, 1998	Minnesota	Boston	89 - 93	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 16, 1997	Boston	Minnesota	101 - 119	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 3, 1997	Minnesota	Boston	94 - 84	Minnesota	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 27, 1996	Boston	Minnesota	121 - 116	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 22, 1995	Minnesota	Boston	113 - 114	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Feb 5, 1995	Minnesota	Boston	82 - 115	Boston	Regular Season	Boston Garden
Nov 12, 1994	Boston	Minnesota	114 - 101	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 8, 1994	Minnesota	Boston	108 - 112	Boston	Regular Season	Boston Garden
Jan 8, 1994	Boston	Minnesota	90 - 108	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 15, 1992	Boston	Minnesota	124 - 119	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 6, 1992	Minnesota	Boston	92 - 113	Boston	Regular Season	Boston Garden
Jan 10, 1992	Minnesota	Boston	104 - 94	Minnesota	Regular Season	Boston Garden
Jan 4, 1992	Boston	Minnesota	96 - 100	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 27, 1991	Minnesota	Boston	111 - 116	Boston	Regular Season	Boston Garden
Jan 28, 1991	Boston	Minnesota	108 - 87	Boston	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 2, 1990	Boston	Minnesota	105 - 116	Minnesota	Regular Season	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Nov 17, 1989	Minnesota	Boston	99 - 116	Boston	Regular Season	Boston Garden

2012-2013 Boston Celtics Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	A. Bradley	P. Pierce	J. Green	B. Bass	K. Garnett
Rotation	J. Terry	J. Crawford	T. Williams
Rotation		C. Lee
Lim PT	R. Rondo			J. Sullinger	S. Randolph
Lim PT				D. White	C. Wilcox
Lim PT					F. Melo

2012-2013 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Rubio	L. Ridnour	A. Kirilenko	D. Williams	N. Pekovic
Rotation	J. Barea	B. Roy	C. Budinger	K. Love	G. Stiemsma
Rotation		A. Shved	M. Gelabale	D. Cunningham	C. Johnson
Rotation		M. Lee

Boston Celtics Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
30	Brandon Bass	PF	81	27.6	8.7	3.5	7.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	1.9	.860	1.6	3.7	5.2	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.3
0	Avery Bradley	PG	50	28.7	9.2	3.8	9.6	.402	0.8	2.5	.317	0.7	1.0	.755	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.6
27	Jordan Crawford	G	27	21.5	9.1	3.3	8.0	.415	0.9	2.8	.320	1.6	2.0	.792	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.7
5	Kevin Garnett	PF	68	29.7	14.8	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.2	.125	2.3	3.0	.786	1.1	6.7	7.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.6	2.3
8	Jeff Green	F	81	27.8	12.8	4.6	10.0	.467	0.9	2.2	.385	2.6	3.3	.808	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.2
11	Courtney Lee	SG	78	24.9	7.8	3.2	6.8	.464	0.7	2.0	.372	0.8	0.9	.861	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.8
13	Fab Melo	C	6	6.0	1.2	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.7	.250	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.2
34	Paul Pierce	SF	77	33.4	18.6	6.2	14.2	.436	1.9	5.0	.380	4.3	5.5	.787	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.8	2.7
42	Shavlik Randolph	F	16	12.4	4.2	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.7	.407	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.4
9	Rajon Rondo	PG	38	37.4	13.7	5.9	12.2	.484	0.3	1.3	.240	1.6	2.4	.645	1.1	4.4	5.6	11.1	1.8	0.2	3.9	2.5
7	Jared Sullinger	C	45	19.8	6.0	2.5	5.0	.493	0.0	0.1	.200	1.0	1.4	.746	2.0	3.8	5.9	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6	3.4
4	Jason Terry	G	79	26.9	10.1	3.6	8.2	.434	1.6	4.2	.372	1.4	1.7	.870	0.2	1.8	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.4
12	D.J. White	PF	12	7.2	2.4	1.0	1.9	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.556	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.4
44	Chris Wilcox	FC	61	13.6	4.2	1.8	2.5	.719	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.672	0.9	2.0	3.0	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.0
55	Terrence Williams	GF	24	13.2	4.6	2.0	4.0	.495	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.9	.429	0.2	1.7	1.8	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.5

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
11	J.J. Barea	G	74	23.1	11.3	4.3	10.2	.417	1.3	3.8	.346	1.4	1.8	.784	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.0	0.4	0.0	2.0	1.8
10	Chase Budinger	GF	23	22.1	9.4	3.4	8.3	.414	1.1	3.5	.321	1.4	1.8	.762	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.1	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.3
33	Dante Cunningham	F	80	25.1	8.7	3.9	8.4	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.650	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.9
15	Mickael Gelabale	F	36	17.9	5.0	2.0	3.9	.518	0.4	1.4	.308	0.6	0.7	.875	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.3
20	Chris Johnson	C	30	9.5	3.9	1.6	2.5	.640	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.618	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.4	1.6
47	Andrei Kirilenko	PF	64	31.8	12.4	4.4	8.8	.507	0.5	1.9	.292	2.9	3.9	.752	1.6	4.1	5.7	2.8	1.5	1.0	1.9	1.3
3	Malcolm Lee	G	16	18.0	4.9	1.8	4.8	.382	0.5	1.5	.333	0.8	1.2	.600	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.9
42	Kevin Love	FC	18	34.3	18.3	5.8	16.6	.352	1.1	5.1	.217	5.6	7.9	.704	3.6	10.4	14.0	2.3	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.9
14	Nikola Pekovic	PF	62	31.6	16.3	6.2	12.0	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	5.2	.744	3.7	5.1	8.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.3
13	Luke Ridnour	PG	82	30.2	11.5	4.5	9.9	.453	0.8	2.6	.311	1.7	2.0	.848	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.8	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.3
3	Brandon Roy	G	5	24.4	5.8	2.2	7.0	.314	0.0	1.8	.000	1.4	2.0	.700	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.6	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.0
9	Ricky Rubio	G	57	29.7	10.7	3.2	9.0	.360	0.5	1.6	.293	3.7	4.6	.799	0.8	3.2	4.0	7.3	2.4	0.1	3.0	2.5
1	Alexey Shved	G	77	23.9	8.6	3.1	8.2	.372	1.1	3.7	.295	1.4	1.9	.720	0.5	1.7	2.3	3.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	1.5
34	Greg Stiemsma	C	76	15.9	4.0	1.7	3.7	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.768	0.8	2.6	3.4	0.4	0.6	1.2	0.8	2.4
7	Derrick Williams	F	78	24.6	12.0	4.3	10.1	.430	0.8	2.5	.332	2.5	3.5	.706	1.2	4.3	5.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.3	1.6

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4/1/2013 Minnesota v. Boston Game Preview

Season Series - Tied 1-1

2012-2013 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2012-2013 Boston Celtics Depth Chart

2012-2013 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

Boston Celtics Player Stats

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

Boston Celtics Last 10 Games

Minnesota Timberwolves Last 10 Games