WOLVES: 8-7
- Wolves update: This time, the Wolves were able to sit in the opponents' city and watch them play on the road. What Denver did Tuesday in Minneapolis, the Wolves did Thursday in Boston while the Celtics played at Milwaukee... . The Wolves have won four in a row against Boston, including a 103-85 laugher at Target Center on Jan. 13 and a 109-106 buzzer-beater on their last visit to Fleet Center. That night, Peeler's three-pointer with 0.3 seconds left won it. Garnett scored a career-high 40 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter... . Boston leads the series overall, 11-10... . Billups, picked third by the Celtics in the 1997 draft, leads the NBA in free-throw percentage (56-for-60, 93.3 percent).
CELTICS: 7-8
- Celtics update: Boston, which lost to Bucks 108-97 in Milwaukee on Thursday night, is 0-3 this season in the second of back-to-back games... . Among the NBA's high-scoring tandems, only Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and Chris Webber and Predrag Stojakovic of the Kings rank ahead of Pierce and Walker. They have combined to top 60 points in a game three times... . Boston is 6-3 at home but lost its last one at Fleet Center, 98-87 against Vancouver on Sunday... . The Celtics have reached double figures in steals seven times and rank third in the league in that category.
