Minnesota Timberwolves @ Boston Celtics
Shot Chart
- Vin Baker missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Mike James made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed 17 ft Jumper. Blocked by Trenton Hassell.
- Mark Blount missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Vin Baker made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Vin Baker missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Mike James made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Vin Baker made Two Point Shot.
- Paul Pierce missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Walter McCarty made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Mike James missed Three Point Jumper.
- Walter McCarty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike James.
- Mike James missed Layup. Blocked by Kevin Garnett.
- Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Paul Pierce made 3 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Mike James.
- Vin Baker missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Walter McCarty made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Mike James made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
- Marcus Banks missed Layup.
- Mark Blount missed 4 ft Jumper.
- Jiri Welsch missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Mark Blount made Layup. Assisted by Walter McCarty.
- Mark Blount made Layup.
- Marcus Banks made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Paul Pierce made 17 ft Two Point Shot.
- Marcus Banks missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Walter McCarty missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jiri Welsch made Dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Paul Pierce made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Banks.
- Paul Pierce made 2 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Walter McCarty.
- Jumaine Jones made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Mike James made 20 ft Jumper.
- Jumaine Jones missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Jumaine Jones missed Layup.
- Paul Pierce missed Layup.
- Jumaine Jones missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Vin Baker made 7 ft Hook Shot.
- Mike James made Layup. Assisted by Jiri Welsch.
- Vin Baker made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
- Mike James missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce missed Layup.
- Paul Pierce missed Layup.
- Jiri Welsch missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Vin Baker missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Jiri Welsch made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Mark Blount made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Mike James.
- Mark Blount missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Mike James missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Mike James missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Vin Baker made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Paul Pierce missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Walter McCarty missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Mike James missed Two Point Shot.
- Mark Blount made Dunk. Assisted by Jumaine Jones.
- Marcus Banks missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
- Paul Pierce missed 23 ft Jumper.
- Vin Baker missed 8 ft Jumper. Blocked by Gary Trent.
- Jumaine Jones made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Banks.
- Marcus Banks missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Marcus Banks missed Layup.
- Marcus Banks missed Layup.
- Mark Blount made Tip Shot.
- Walter McCarty missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Jiri Welsch missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Walter McCarty missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Paul Pierce made Two Point Shot.
- Mike James missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Mike James missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Walter McCarty made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
- Mike James made Layup.
- Walter McCarty made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike James.
- Walter McCarty made Slam Dunk.
- Kendrick Perkins made Two Point Shot.
- Mike James missed Layup.
- Mike James missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kendrick Perkins made 5 ft Jumper.
- Kendrick Perkins missed 4 ft Jumper. Blocked by Oliver Miller.
- Kendrick Perkins missed Hook Shot.
- Walter McCarty missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Kevin Garnett made Two Point Shot.
- Sam Cassell made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Latrell Sprewell missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Sam Cassell missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Kevin Garnett made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Trenton Hassell made Two Point Shot.
- Kevin Garnett missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Trenton Hassell made Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Sam Cassell missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Sam Cassell made 16 ft Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Kevin Garnett made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Sam Cassell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell made 23 ft Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell made Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
- Gary Trent missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
- Kevin Garnett made Layup. Assisted by Fred Hoiberg.
- Trenton Hassell missed 50 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Trenton Hassell made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Fred Hoiberg made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Gary Trent made Layup. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Fred Hoiberg made Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Gary Trent made Layup. Assisted by Fred Hoiberg.
- Kevin Garnett made Jumper. Assisted by Trenton Hassell.
- Keith McLeod missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Gary Trent made Layup. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Gary Trent missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Sam Cassell made 19 ft Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Sam Cassell made 17 ft Jumper.
- Sam Cassell made 4 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kevin Garnett missed 3 ft Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Sam Cassell made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Kevin Garnett missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett missed Layup. Blocked by Mark Blount.
- Latrell Sprewell missed 11 ft Jumper.
- Sam Cassell missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell missed Layup. Blocked by Paul Pierce.
- Sam Cassell made 18 ft Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made Layup.
- Sam Cassell made Two Point Shot.
- Ervin Johnson made 3 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Latrell Sprewell made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Trenton Hassell made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Kevin Garnett missed Layup.
- Latrell Sprewell missed Jumper.
- Fred Hoiberg missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Sam Cassell made Layup. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Sam Cassell made 22 ft Jumper.
- Sam Cassell missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Latrell Sprewell missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Fred Hoiberg made 10 ft Jumper.
- Gary Trent made Layup. Assisted by Fred Hoiberg.
- Quincy Lewis made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
- Keith McLeod made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Quincy Lewis.
- Gary Trent made Layup.
- Fred Hoiberg missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made 20 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made 18 ft Jumper.
- Sam Cassell made 23 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
- Fred Hoiberg made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Ervin Johnson.
- Ervin Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
- Latrell Sprewell missed Jumper.
- Gary Trent made Layup. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Sam Cassell made Layup.
- Trenton Hassell missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Gary Trent made Layup.
- Fred Hoiberg made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Trenton Hassell.
- Ndudi Ebi made Two Point Shot.
- Ndudi Ebi made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Oliver Miller.
- Quincy Lewis missed 18 ft Jumper.
TIMBERWOLVES
CELTICS
| TIME | PLAY | MIN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter. | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | Jumpball. Kevin Garnett vs. Mark Blount. Mike James gains possession. | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:33 | Latrell Sprewell Bad Pass | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:07 | Kevin Garnett made Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell. | 2 | 0 | |
| 10:56 | Mike James Bad Pass. Stolen by Kevin Garnett. | 2 | 0 | |
| 10:52 | Kevin Garnett made Two Point Shot. | 4 | 0 | |
| 10:33 | Latrell Sprewell Shooting Foul | 4 | 0 | |
| 10:33 | Jiri Welsch missed Free Throw 1 of 2. | 4 | 0 | |
| 10:33 | Boston Offensive Rebound. | 4 | 0 | |
| 10:33 | Jiri Welsch made Free Throw 2 of 2. | 4 | 1 | |
| 10:11 | Sam Cassell made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett. | 6 | 1 | |
| 9:57 | Vin Baker missed 18 ft Jumper. | 6 | 1 | |
| 9:56 | Sam Cassell Defensive Rebound. | 6 | 1 | |
| 9:51 | Kevin Garnett Lost Ball. Stolen by Paul Pierce. | 6 | 1 | |
| 9:45 | Mike James made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce. | 6 | 3 | |
| 9:29 | Latrell Sprewell missed 9 ft Two Point Shot. | 6 | 3 | |
| 9:26 | Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound. | 6 | 3 | |
| 9:18 | Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper. | 6 | 3 | |
| 9:15 | Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound. | 6 | 3 | |
| 9:11 | Sam Cassell missed 19 ft Jumper. | 6 | 3 | |
| 9:10 | Jiri Welsch Defensive Rebound. | 6 | 3 | |
| 8:56 | Mark Blount Bad Pass. Stolen by Latrell Sprewell. | 6 | 3 | |
| 8:34 | Kevin Garnett made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell. | 8 | 3 | |
| 8:17 | Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper. | 8 | 3 | |
| 8:15 | Sam Cassell Defensive Rebound. | 8 | 3 | |
| 8:00 | Kevin Garnett made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell. | 10 | 3 | |
| 7:58 | Boston Full Timeout. | 10 | 3 | |
| 7:35 | Paul Pierce missed 17 ft Jumper. Blocked by Trenton Hassell. | 10 | 3 | |
| 7:31 | Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound. | 10 | 3 | |
| 7:20 | Trenton Hassell made Two Point Shot. | 12 | 3 | |
| 7:09 | Mark Blount missed 17 ft Jumper. | 12 | 3 | |
| 7:07 | Latrell Sprewell Defensive Rebound. | 12 | 3 | |
| 6:52 | Kevin Garnett missed 21 ft Jumper. | 12 | 3 | |
| 6:50 | Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound. | 12 | 3 | |
| 6:39 | Vin Baker made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce. | 12 | 5 | |
| 6:28 | Mike James Personal Foul | 12 | 5 | |
| 6:18 | Trenton Hassell made Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett. | 14 | 5 | |
| 6:01 | Vin Baker missed 20 ft Jumper. | 14 | 5 | |
| 5:58 | Boston Defensive Rebound. | 14 | 5 | |
| 5:45 | Sam Cassell missed 17 ft Jumper. | 14 | 5 | |
| 5:43 | Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound. | 14 | 5 | |
| 5:37 | Mike James made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce. | 14 | 7 | |
| 5:22 | Sam Cassell made 16 ft Jumper. | 16 | 7 | |
| 5:09 | Mark Blount Bad Pass. Stolen by Latrell Sprewell. | 16 | 7 | |
| 5:00 | Latrell Sprewell made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell. | 18 | 7 | |
| 4:58 | Boston 20 Sec. Timeout. | 18 | 7 | |
| 4:58 | Walter McCarty enters the game for Mark Blount. | 18 | 7 | |
| 4:37 | Vin Baker made Two Point Shot. | 18 | 9 | |
| 4:13 | Kevin Garnett made 14 ft Two Point Shot. | 20 | 9 | |
| 4:03 | Trenton Hassell Personal Foul | 20 | 9 | |
| 4:03 | Gary Trent enters the game for Ervin Johnson. | 20 | 9 | |
| 3:56 | Paul Pierce missed 17 ft Jumper. | 20 | 9 | |
| 3:54 | Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound. | 20 | 9 | |
| 3:45 | Sam Cassell Backcourt | 20 | 9 | |
| 3:32 | Walter McCarty made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce. | 20 | 12 | |
| 3:08 | Sam Cassell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper. | 20 | 12 | |
| 3:05 | Vin Baker Defensive Rebound. | 20 | 12 | |
| 2:56 | Mike James missed Three Point Jumper. | 20 | 12 | |
| 2:55 | Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound. | 20 | 12 | |
| 2:46 | Latrell Sprewell made 23 ft Jumper. | 22 | 12 | |
| 2:30 | Walter McCarty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike James. | 22 | 15 | |
| 2:12 | Vin Baker Shooting Foul | 22 | 15 | |
| 2:12 | Minnesota Full Timeout. | 22 | 15 | |
| 2:12 | Fred Hoiberg enters the game for Trenton Hassell. | 22 | 15 | |
| 2:12 | Jumaine Jones enters the game for Jiri Welsch. | 22 | 15 | |
| 2:12 | Kevin Garnett made Free Throw 1 of 2. | 23 | 15 | |
| 2:12 | Kevin Garnett made Free Throw 2 of 2. | 24 | 15 | |
| 1:59 | Mike James missed Layup. Blocked by Kevin Garnett. | 24 | 15 | |
| 1:58 | Boston Offensive Rebound. | 24 | 15 | |
| 1:53 | Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper. | 24 | 15 | |
| 1:52 | Boston Defensive Rebound. | 24 | 15 | |
| 1:39 | Latrell Sprewell made Jumper. | 26 | 15 | |
| 1:21 | Paul Pierce made 3 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Mike James. | 26 | 17 | |
| 1:12 | Latrell Sprewell made 12 ft Two Point Shot. | 28 | 17 | |
| 59.9 | Vin Baker missed 17 ft Jumper. | 28 | 17 | |
| 57.9 | Sam Cassell Defensive Rebound. | 28 | 17 | |
| 46.9 | Gary Trent missed 9 ft Hook Shot. | 28 | 17 | |
| 44.0 | Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound. | 28 | 17 | |
| 39.8 | Latrell Sprewell Personal Foul | 28 | 17 | |
| 39.8 | Trenton Hassell enters the game for Latrell Sprewell. | 28 | 17 | |
| 32.8 | Walter McCarty made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce. | 28 | 20 | |
| 18.4 | Kevin Garnett made Layup. Assisted by Fred Hoiberg. | 30 | 20 | |
| 2.1 | Mike James made 5 ft Two Point Shot. | 30 | 22 | |
| 0.3 | Trenton Hassell missed 50 ft Three Point Jumper. | 30 | 22 | |
| 0.0 | Minnesota Offensive Rebound. | 30 | 22 | |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter. | 30 | 22 | |
Regular Season Series
MIN leads 1-0
Game Information
TD Garden
12:00 AM, 16 December 2003
Boston, MA
Attendance: 17,234
- Referees:
- Joe Forte
- Bill Kennedy
- Rodney Mott
2025-26 Northwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 27 | 5 | .844 | - | W1 |
| Denver | 22 | 9 | .710 | 4.5 | L1 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 12 | .625 | 7 | L2 |
| Portland | 13 | 19 | .406 | 14 | W1 |
| Utah | 12 | 19 | .387 | 14.5 | W2 |
2025-26 Atlantic Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 22 | 9 | .710 | - | W2 |
| Boston | 19 | 12 | .613 | 3 | L1 |
| Toronto | 19 | 14 | .576 | 4 | W1 |
| Philadelphia | 16 | 14 | .533 | 5.5 | L3 |
| Brooklyn | 10 | 19 | .345 | 11 | W3 |

