NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Minnesota Timberwolves99–108Boston Celtics

Minnesota Timberwolves at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 20 December 2002
Arena: FleetCenter17,078 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 27th meetingof 71 played

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Garnett	42:24	10–20	1–2	6–7	1	7	8	4	1	0	4	4	27	-11
Rasho Nesterović	34:57	8–13	0–0	3–3	6	7	13	1	0	0	1	4	19	+1
Troy Hudson	33:15	5–11	0–5	6–6	0	1	1	7	0	0	2	2	16	-1
Kendall Gill	26:29	3–10	0–1	0–0	1	5	6	4	1	0	2	5	6	-2
Rod Strickland	23:54	5–6	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	6	1	0	3	3	10	-13
Joe Smith	19:01	4–9	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	4	0	2	8	-4
Marc Jackson	7:29	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	-8
Anthony Peeler	—	3–8	1–4	0–0	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	4	7	-15
Gary Trent	—	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	4	1	0	4	4	+8
Team totals	187:29	41–85	2–12	15–16	9	30	39	26	10	5	13	28	99	—

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Paul Pierce	44:44	11–25	4–8	16–18	1	13	14	4	4	1	6	1	42	+9
Tony Delk	31:28	4–13	3–9	2–2	1	2	3	3	3	0	3	1	13	+4
Tony Battie	29:07	1–4	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	-2
Shammond Williams	22:59	4–7	3–5	1–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	12	+6
Walter McCarty	20:32	4–7	3–6	3–4	2	1	3	2	2	0	1	2	14	+5
Vin Baker	15:56	0–1	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	3	1	+6
Bruno Šundov	0:26	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Antoine Walker	—	5–14	1–4	2–2	2	6	8	4	2	2	1	6	13	+7
Eric Williams	—	2–5	0–0	7–7	4	4	8	3	0	1	3	4	11	+11
Team totals	165:12	31–76	14–32	32–37	13	31	44	20	12	4	18	20	108	—

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Minnesota Timberwolves 0 in NBA 2002-03.

9 Nov 2002Boston Celtics 105–99 Minnesota Timberwolves
20 Dec 200299–108 this game

Records going in

Minnesota Timberwolves: 14–12
Boston Celtics: 16–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 47, Minnesota Timberwolves 24.

9 Nov 2002Boston Celtics 105–99 Minnesota Timberwolves
15 Dec 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 116–95 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.