CG Award 1/25 vs. Timberwolves

[runrondo]

"- Kendrick Perkins scored on a putback with 16.6 seconds left, and Kevin Garnett poked the ball away from Sebastian Telfair as time expired on Friday night to give the Boston Celtics an 87-86 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

In the first matchup between Garnett and the handful of ex-Celtics traded to Minnesota for him, Boston struggled to put away the team with the worst record in the NBA. Perkins scored 21, Paul Pierce had 19 points and eight assists and Garnett had 10 points and 16 rebounds despite leaving the game for four minutes because of an abdominal strain.

Telfair scored 18 points, and fellow ex-Celtics Al Jefferson and Ryan Gomes had 15 and 13, respectively. Craig Smith, who played at Boston College, had 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves as they missed a chance to extend their season-high two-game winning streak to three."

Garnett [glow=red,2,300] 4/5FG 10PTS 16REB[/glow]

Pierce [glow=red,2,300] 4/15FG 19PTS 9REB 8AST 6TO[/glow]

Perkins [glow=red,2,300] 8/10FG 21PTS 4REB
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Powe [glow=red,2,300] 3/3FG 7PTS 3REB[/glow]


My Vote [glow=red,2,300]goes to Kendrick Perkins[/glow] Simply Perkins..Pierce had nice all around game with the stats and Garnett showed his toughness at the end, but it was simply Perkins..





CG Award Count
[glow=red,2,300]Pierce 4[/glow]
Garnett 3
Rondo 2
Ray Ray 2
Perkins 2
Tony Allen 1
Big Baby 1
Powe 1
Scalabrine 0
Posey 0
House 0
Pollard 0

[CelticsLoyalist]

I give it to Perkins as well. Perkins as of late is making teams pay for playing off him and not respecting his ability to get position. This is great to see as it shows the C's as a team are still in a very crucial growth and gelling period that they will need come playoff time.

[DERRENMATTS]

Perkins is probably the winner in this contest. No one else really stepped up to deserve the MVP of this game.

[FLCeltsFan]

I have to give it to Perk. He held up the offense when no one else was hitting and KG for some odd reason only took 5 shots. And most importantly, he held Big Al to 15 points and 5 rebounds. The reason KG got 16 rebounds is because Perk was boxing out Al to keep him off the glass. Perk's rebound and put back gave us the lead when no one else could even hit a layup. KG is a very close second, coming back in and playing injured, making 3 very big plays down the stretch with 2 huge rebounds and that steal at the end. I just hope and pray that the injury was just a little pull and not a tear. Very scared about this one. It sounds serious.