Nikola Pekovic demolished Boston Celtics
In one of his best games in NBA league so far, Nikola Pekovic scored 29 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. He had 11-11 for three-throws.
Minnesota Timberwolves wins over Boston Celtics 110-100, by quarters, 27-25, 30-27, 27-26, 26-22. Minnesota wins all quarters.
Dante Cunningham scored 19 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. Andrei Kirilenko scored 17 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
Derrick Williams and Jose Barea scored 11 points each, Alexey Shved and Ricky Rubio scored 9 points each, Ricky Rubio added 10 assists.
Minnesota Timberwolves finished this game with total of 30 assists and only 8 turnovers. With this win Minnesota improved to 27-46 record, Boston dropped to 38-36.
The true is that Boston Celtics played with few important players as Kevin Garnett missed this game due to ankle inflammation. Rajon Rondo already finished his season with a torn knee ligament.
Paul Pierce didn’t play due to personal reasons and all this caused seventh defeat for Boston Celtics in nine games.
On the other side, Nikola Pekovic missed last game due to ankle injury, but it was obvious last night that he recovered pretty well.