The Celtics defeated the T-Wolves 103-100, dropping Minnesota to .500, less than one year after recording the best record in the entire Western Conference.

``It's amazing,'' Boston coach Doc Rivers said. ``We're at .500 and ecstatic, and the Timberwolves are at .500 and think that the world is crumbling in around them.''

``When you lose, you lose some confidence,'' coach Flip Saunders said. ``That's why you want to try to sneak one out to get back on the right path.''