Dec 21, 2015 - Minnesota Timberwolves at Boston Celtics

12/21/2015 Boston v. Minnesota Game Preview

	Minnesota Timberwolves	(11-17, 7-7 away)
	Boston Celtics	(15-13, 8-7 home)

December 21, 2015 at 7:30 PM ET
Regular Season

TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts

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Season Series - Tied 1-1

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 21, 2015	Minnesota	Boston	99 - 113	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Feb 22, 2016	Boston	Minnesota	122 - 124	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center

2015-2016 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Minnesota	82	48.5	102.4	37.7	81.3	.464	5.5	16.4	.338	21.4	27.0	.792	10.0	31.5	41.6	23.4	8.0	4.6	15.0	20.7
Boston	82	48.2	105.7	39.2	89.2	.439	8.7	26.1	.335	18.5	23.5	.788	11.6	33.3	44.9	24.2	9.2	4.2	13.7	21.9
MIN Opponents	82	48.5	106.0	40.0	84.9	.471	9.0	25.5	.355	17.0	22.5	.757	10.7	31.2	41.9	22.6	7.8	5.2	14.9	21.6
BOS Opponents	82	48.2	102.5	37.5	85.0	.441	7.8	23.3	.336	19.7	26.0	.755	11.4	34.6	46.0	20.9	7.6	5.5	16.4	21.0

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 28, 2015	Boston	Minnesota	98 - 110	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 19, 2014	Minnesota	Boston	98 - 114	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Dec 16, 2013	Minnesota	Boston	97 - 101	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Nov 16, 2013	Boston	Minnesota	88 - 106	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 1, 2013	Boston	Minnesota	100 - 110	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
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

2015-2016 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Rubio	A. Wiggins	T. Prince	G. Dieng	K. Towns
Rotation	T. Jones	Z. LaVine	S. Muhammad	N. Bjelica	N. Pekovic
Rotation				K. Garnett	G. Smith
Rotation				A. Payne
Rotation				D. Rudez

2015-2016 Boston Celtics Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	I. Thomas	J. Crowder	E. Turner	J. Jerebko	A. Johnson
Rotation	M. Smart	A. Bradley		J. Mickey	J. Sullinger
Rotation	T. Rozier	R. Hunter			T. Zeller
Rotation		J. Young			K. Olynyk
Lim PT			J. Holland

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
88	Nemanja Bjelica	PF	60	17.9	5.1	1.8	3.9	.468	0.8	2.1	.384	0.7	0.9	.727	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.6
5	Gorgui Dieng	FC	82	27.1	10.1	3.8	7.1	.532	0.1	0.2	.300	2.5	3.0	.827	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.7	1.1	1.2	1.7	2.7
21	Kevin Garnett	PF	38	14.6	3.2	1.4	3.0	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.667	0.4	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.8
1	Tyus Jones	PG	37	15.5	4.2	1.5	4.2	.359	0.4	1.4	.302	0.8	1.1	.718	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.9	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.9
8	Zach LaVine	SG	82	28.0	14.0	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4
23	Kevin Martin	SG	39	21.4	10.6	3.2	8.6	.377	1.0	2.6	.369	3.2	3.6	.880	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.7
24	Andre Miller	PG	26	10.8	3.4	1.4	2.2	.621	0.0	0.2	.250	0.6	0.7	.789	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.2
15	Shabazz Muhammad	GF	82	20.5	10.5	3.9	8.3	.465	0.5	1.9	.289	2.3	3.0	.764	1.2	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.1
33	Adreian Payne	C	52	9.3	2.5	1.0	2.8	.363	0.2	0.6	.281	0.3	0.5	.654	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5
14	Nikola Pekovic	PF	12	13.0	4.5	1.6	4.2	.380	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.800	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.8
12	Tayshaun Prince	F	77	19.0	2.9	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8
9	Ricky Rubio	G	76	30.6	10.1	2.9	7.7	.374	0.8	2.5	.326	3.5	4.1	.847	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.7	2.1	0.1	2.5	2.6
10	Damjan Rudez	SF	33	8.4	2.3	0.8	1.9	.403	0.5	1.5	.340	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0
32	Karl-Anthony Towns	C	82	32.0	18.3	7.6	14.0	.543	0.4	1.1	.341	2.7	3.4	.811	2.8	7.7	10.4	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.2	3.0
22	Andrew Wiggins	F	81	35.1	20.7	7.3	16.0	.459	0.7	2.3	.300	5.3	7.0	.761	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.0	1.0	0.6	2.2	2.0

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
0	Avery Bradley	PG	76	33.4	15.2	6.0	13.4	.447	1.9	5.4	.361	1.3	1.6	.780	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.5	0.2	1.4	2.2
99	Jae Crowder	SF	73	31.6	14.2	4.9	11.1	.443	1.7	5.0	.336	2.7	3.3	.820	1.0	4.2	5.1	1.8	1.7	0.5	1.1	2.7
4	R.J. Hunter	G	36	8.7	2.7	1.0	2.7	.367	0.5	1.8	.302	0.2	0.2	.857	0.1	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.8
8	Jonas Jerebko	F	78	15.1	4.4	1.5	3.7	.413	0.6	1.4	.398	0.8	1.0	.782	1.0	2.7	3.7	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.8
90	Amir Johnson	PF	79	22.8	7.3	3.2	5.4	.585	0.1	0.5	.233	0.9	1.5	.570	2.3	4.1	6.4	1.7	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.7
42	David Lee	FC	30	15.7	7.1	2.9	6.4	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.784	1.4	3.0	4.3	1.8	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.7
55	Jordan Mickey	PF	16	3.6	1.3	0.5	1.4	.364	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.500	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.3
41	Kelly Olynyk	C	69	20.2	10.0	3.7	8.1	.455	1.2	3.0	.405	1.4	1.9	.750	1.0	3.0	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.4
12	Terry Rozier	G	39	8.0	1.8	0.7	2.7	.274	0.2	0.7	.222	0.2	0.3	.800	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.6
36	Marcus Smart	PG	61	27.3	9.1	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0
7	Jared Sullinger	C	81	23.6	10.3	4.3	10.0	.435	0.4	1.3	.282	1.3	2.0	.640	2.4	5.9	8.3	2.3	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.6
4	Isaiah Thomas	PG	82	32.2	22.2	7.2	16.9	.428	2.0	5.7	.359	5.8	6.6	.871	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.0
11	Evan Turner	GF	81	28.0	10.5	4.2	9.3	.456	0.2	1.0	.241	1.8	2.2	.827	0.6	4.3	4.9	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.1	1.7
13	James Young	SG	29	6.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	.306	0.2	0.9	.231	0.0	0.1	.250	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6
44	Tyler Zeller	C	60	11.8	6.1	2.3	4.8	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.8	.815	1.0	1.9	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6

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12/21/2015 Boston v. Minnesota Game Preview

Season Series - Tied 1-1

2015-2016 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2015-2016 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

2015-2016 Boston Celtics Depth Chart

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

Boston Celtics Player Stats

Minnesota Timberwolves Last 10 Games

Boston Celtics Last 10 Games