From AP Sports:
Five Timberwolves in uniform have spent significant time playing for
the Celtics, and they will certainly know their way around the building
when they get there for the game on Friday night.
"It’s going to be fun, going back to Boston on a two-game win streak,"
said forward Al Jefferson, the centerpiece of July’s 7-for-1 trade that
sent Garnett to the Celtics. "We have got our confidence up now and I
think we can go in there and give them a great game, maybe come out
with a victory."
All four appear happy to be right where they are, even though Boston is chasing greatness while the Wolves rebuild.
"I was glad from Day 1," Jefferson said after Wolves practice Thursday.
"Boston and Minnesota are at two different levels. They’re trying to
win a championship, like right now. Minnesota is looking to rebound.
[But] being traded gave me the opportunity to become a leader and to
have a team built around me."
"Boston and Minnesota are at two different levels. They’re trying to
win a championship, like right now. Minnesota is looking to rebound.
[But] being traded gave me the opportunity to become a leader and to
have a team built around me."
One thing about Kevin Garnett … when he steps on the court, he’s
going as hard as he can until the end. That’s one thing that I’ve
always respected about him. I look at (Kevin) like I look at Amaré
Stoudamire … When you step on the court, you have to bring your ‘A’
game. You have to go one hundred and ten percent.
"I try not to think of it as a big thing. We all
remember playing a lot of home games, knowing a lot of people there,
which you have to still show respect for because of the friendships you
built."
remember playing a lot of home games, knowing a lot of people there,
which you have to still show respect for because of the friendships you
built."
He’s not sure what the reception will be like when he
and his former teammates return to Boston for the first time since the
trade.
and his former teammates return to Boston for the first time since the
trade.
"You never want to be booed, but sometimes when you are
booed it’s a good thing. You have to take it how it comes, but you
can’t let that affect what you do on the court."
booed it’s a good thing. You have to take it how it comes, but you
can’t let that affect what you do on the court."
Kent Youngblood/Star Tribune previews the game. Click here for the forum’s game thread.
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