Celtics 95-78 Timberwolves (22 Nov, 2008) Box Score

Boston Celtics

12-2, 5-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	22	14	35	24	95
MIN	21	18	10	29	78

Minnesota Timberwolves

2-9, 2-4 home

Boston Celtics

starters
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Ray AllenR. Allen
bench
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Leon PoweL. Powe
Glen DavisG. Davis
Patrick O'BryantP. O'Bryant
Sam CassellS. Cassell
Gabe PruittG. Pruitt
Eddie HouseE. House
Tony AllenT. Allen
J.R. GiddensJ.R. Giddens
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	8-12	0-0	1-2	0	4	4	2	1	1	2	0	+24	17
32	4-8	0-1	4-4	1	10	11	4	2	0	3	2	+21	12
17	2-3	0-0	2-2	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	6	+5	6
31	5-13	2-3	1-2	0	7	7	5	3	0	1	1	+25	13
32	5-10	0-3	1-2	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	1	+19	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-8	5
19	4-6	0-0	2-4	5	6	11	0	0	0	3	5	+14	10
22	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	5	-8	0
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-2	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	1-2	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	5
13	1-5	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	-6	2
21	5-9	1-2	3-4	0	2	2	1	0	2	2	1	+3	14
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	37-75	4-13	17-24	6	39	45	20	8	5	16	24		95
	49.3%	30.8%	70.8%

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Ryan GomesR. Gomes
Jason CollinsJ. Collins
Al JeffersonA. Jefferson
Mike MillerM. Miller
Randy FoyeR. Foye
bench
Brian CardinalB. Cardinal
Mark MadsenM. Madsen
Craig SmithC. Smith
Kevin LoveK. Love
Corey BrewerC. Brewer
Calvin BoothC. Booth
Kevin OllieK. Ollie
Sebastian TelfairS. Telfair
Rashad McCantsR. McCants
Rodney CarneyR. Carney
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	3-11	1-4	0-0	1	5	6	0	2	0	3	1	-22	7
12	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	-10	0
32	7-19	0-0	7-7	1	3	4	1	0	1	1	4	-21	21
31	1-4	0-1	6-6	0	5	5	2	0	0	0	1	-15	8
29	2-12	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	4	-11	4
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4	1-2	1-1	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	+4	5
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+4	0
21	2-5	0-0	3-4	4	3	7	4	0	0	0	1	-6	7
26	3-10	0-3	3-4	2	3	5	0	2	0	2	3	-1	9
14	1-4	0-0	0-1	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	+2	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	6-10	1-2	0-0	2	0	2	3	2	0	4	2	-16	13
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	0-4	0-1	2-3	0	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	+7	2
	26-83	3-15	23-27	12	29	41	14	10	3	14	22		78
	31.3%	20.0%	85.2%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

Celtics
95
Timberwolves
78

Game 1

22/11

Timberwolves
101
Celtics
109

Game 2

1/2

Target Center

1:00 AM, 22 November 2008

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 19,107

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
Tony Brown
Leon Wood

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	13	3	.813	-	W4
New York	9	6	.600	3.5	W4
Brooklyn	6	10	.375	7	L1
Toronto	4	12	.250	9	W2
Philadelphia	3	12	.200	9.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	12	4	.750	-	W1
Denver	8	5	.615	2.5	W1
Minnesota	8	7	.533	3.5	L1
Portland	6	9	.400	5.5	L1
Utah	3	12	.200	8.5	L4

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BOS leads 1-0

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Brown scores 31 points to help the Celtics outlast the Wizards 108-96 for a key NBA Cup victory

'I'm the ROTY!': Jared McCain is feeling himself after a Sixers 3

McCain and Maxey help the 76ers rally to beat the Nets 113-98 and snap 5-game losing streak