Boston Celtics Vs Minnesota Timberwolves

Boston Celtics

Mar 6, 2005 97 - 99 Final

Minnesota Timberwolves

Winner

Prediction

49%

51% Based on Proballers' advanced basketball
statistics analysis

Teams

Season standings and results

Record of 45/37 Ranked 12

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
5/8/05	vs Indiana Pacers	L 70-97
5/6/05	@ Indiana Pacers	W 89-92
5/4/05	vs Indiana Pacers	L 85-90
5/1/05	@ Indiana Pacers	W 79-110
4/29/05	@ Indiana Pacers	L 99-76

Vs

Record of 44/38 Ranked 14

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
4/20/05	vs San Antonio Spurs	W 95-73
4/18/05	@ New Orleans Pelicans	W 99-102
4/17/05	vs Seattle SuperSonics	L 94-109
4/15/05	@ Utah Jazz	W 84-100
4/13/05	vs Golden State Warriors	W 116-100

45 Wins

Vs

Teams Matchup History
in All Competitions

22 Wins

2/4/95

115 - 82

Greatest win

110 - 85

1/29/06

1/11/24

127 - 120

Latest win

114 - 109

11/7/23

105.0

Average score

102.1

Vs

Season Averages Per Game NBA

101.3

Pts

96.8

40.8

Reb

43

22.1

Ast

23.4

8.1

Stl

5.6

5.1

Blk

5.5

Boston Celtics

Minnesota Timberwolves

Best in the league

PACE Number of possessions

96.15 91.68 98.38

AST/TO Assists per turnover

7 11.7 12.3

TS% True shooting %

55.1 53.4 57.1

Players

Advanced stats

PER

Paul Pierce 21.8 27.3 Kevin Garnett

Raef Lafrentz 17.4 18.1 Sam Cassell

Al Jefferson 16.8 17.3 Ndudi Ebi

USG%

Paul Pierce 26.7 27.3 Kevin Garnett

Antoine Walker 25.6 26.6 Sam Cassell

Ricky Davis 23.5 24.2 Ndudi Ebi

TS%

Raef Lafrentz 58.7 66.4 Fred Hoiberg

Paul Pierce 58.3 59.5 Wally Szczerbiak

Justin Reed 57.6 56.7 Kevin Garnett

AST/TO

Gary Payton 33.4 37.9 Anthony Carter

Marcus Banks 17.4 22.2 Sam Cassell

Delonte West 15.2 20.8 Troy Hudson

3 PTS attempts rate

Walter McCarty 60.0 51.1 Fred Hoiberg

Delonte West 43.2 39.1 Eddie Griffin

Raef Lafrentz 32.7 38.8 Troy Hudson

FT attemps rate

Marcus Banks 57.0 60.6 Mark Madsen

Paul Pierce 54.6 53.5 John Thomas

Justin Reed 51.7 46.3 Ervin Johnson