Minnesota 93, Boston 96

January 3, 2011

Regular Season

TD Garden (Boston, Massachusetts)

Attendance: 18,624

Officials: Bennett Salvatore, Courtney Kirkland, David Guthrie

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (12) Boston (14)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Boston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (9-26) 25 22 26 20 93
BOS (26-7) 17 26 27 26 96

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 90 103.2 106.5
BOS 90 106.5 103.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .446 0.166 0.289 0.214
BOS .482 0.111 0.233 0.207

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
8 Michael Beasley Starter SF 23:15 9-17 1-3 0-0 6.8 1.0 2 3 2 4 1 0 3 19
42 Kevin Love Starter PF 44:20 3-11 0-3 6-8 20.0 5.0 19 24 1 0 1 0 2 12
31 Darko Milicic Starter C 23:58 6-10 0-0 2-4 9.8 3.0 3 6 3 5 0 0 1 14
4 Wesley Johnson Starter SG 28:11 3-3 2-2 0-0 7.8 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 8
13 Luke Ridnour Starter PG 35:02 4-14 0-1 5-5 5.9 1.0 1 2 5 3 1 1 2 13
10 Jonny Flynn Bench PG 12:58 0-3 0-0 0-0 0.2 1.0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
41 Kosta Koufos Bench C 02:37 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.5 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
5 Martell Webster Bench SG 26:22 5-13 2-7 3-3 2.1 0.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 15
13 Corey Brewer Bench SF 22:06 3-5 0-1 0-0 6.5 0.0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 6
14 Nikola Pekovic Bench C 21:11 1-6 0-0 2-2 -1.8 1.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4
  Team                   12         0  
        240 35-84 5-17 18-22 83.8 13 32 57 16 18 5 2 15 93
          41.7% 29.4% 81.8%                    

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
34 Paul Pierce Starter SF 37:13 8-16 1-4 6-8 12.2 3.0 3 6 3 4 0 0 2 23
11 Glen Davis Starter PF 28:36 7-15 0-0 3-3 4.9 0.0 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 17
36 Shaquille O'Neal Starter C 30:20 4-6 0-0 1-1 5.6 0.0 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 9
20 Ray Allen Starter SG 32:32 8-16 4-5 0-0 9.8 1.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20
9 Rajon Rondo Starter PG 34:49 3-8 0-0 0-0 17.2 1.0 3 4 16 0 1 0 3 6
7 Jermaine O'Neal Bench C 17:22 2-3 0-0 1-1 5.9 1.0 2 3 0 4 0 4 1 5
4 Nate Robinson Bench PG 13:30 0-4 0-3 2-2 -1.2 0.0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2
12 Von Wafer Bench SG 15:37 4-8 0-3 2-3 9.6 1.0 5 6 1 0 1 0 0 10
4 Marquis Daniels Bench SF 13:41 1-2 0-0 2-2 1.5 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
55 Luke Harangody Bench PF 16:21 0-4 0-1 0-0 -1.2 0.0 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
  Team                   14         1  
        240 37-82 5-16 17-20 70.2 7 23 44 22 18 3 7 11 96
          45.1% 31.3% 85.0%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Luke Ridnour
11.1p, 2.5r, 5.4a		 Wesley Johnson
9.4p, 3.1r, 2.1a		 Michael Beasley
21.8p, 6r, 1.8a		 Kevin Love
20.6p, 15.6r, 2.4a		 Darko Milicic
9.3p, 5.2r, 1.9a
Rotation Jonny Flynn
4.6p, 1.5r, 2.8a		 Martell Webster
13.8p, 3.3r, 1.2a		 Corey Brewer
8.4p, 2.9r, 1.5a		  
 		 Nikola Pekovic
5p, 3.1r, 0.4a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Kosta Koufos
2.6p, 2.4r, 0.2a

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rajon Rondo
10.6p, 4.4r, 13.6a		 Ray Allen
17.1p, 3.5r, 3.2a		 Paul Pierce
19p, 5.3r, 3.7a		 Glen Davis
12.2p, 5.7r, 1.3a		 Shaquille O'Neal
10.2p, 5.4r, 0.6a
Rotation Nate Robinson
8p, 1.8r, 2.5a		 Von Wafer
2.1p, 0.6r, 0.3a		 Marquis Daniels
5.5p, 2.4r, 1.2a		 Luke Harangody
1.5p, 1.3r, 0.2a		 Jermaine O'Neal
5.2p, 3.8r, 0.5a

Minnesota Timberwolves Leaders

MPG Kevin Love 36.4
FG% Maurice Ager .545
3P% Maurice Ager .750
FT% Luke Ridnour .921
ORPG Kevin Love 4.8
DRPG Kevin Love 10.7
RPG Kevin Love 15.6
SPG Corey Brewer 1.6
APG Luke Ridnour 5.4
BPG Darko Milicic 2.3
PPG Michael Beasley 21.8

Boston Celtics Leaders

MPG Rajon Rondo 38.1
FG% Shaquille O'Neal .669
3P% Delonte West .500
FT% Von Wafer .917
ORPG Shaquille O'Neal 1.5
DRPG Kevin Garnett 8.2
RPG Kevin Garnett 9.5
SPG Rajon Rondo 2.2
APG Rajon Rondo 13.6
BPG Jermaine O'Neal 1.4
PPG Paul Pierce 19.0

Today's Games

Boston Celtics 96
Minnesota Timberwolves 93
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Charlotte Hornets 82
Miami Heat 96
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Denver Nuggets 113
Houston Rockets 106
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New Orleans Pelicans 84
Philadelphia Sixers 77
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Orlando Magic 110
Golden State Warriors 90
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Utah Jazz 102
Detroit Pistons 97
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