3/10/12: Celtics @ Thunder Stat Pack

*Heading into Sunday, the Celtics have won their last 3 road games, tying their longest streak over the past 2 seasons.
–The last time they won 4 consecutive away games was 2010.

*Boston and Oklahoma City have 2 of the 5 longest current winning streaks in the NBA.
–In addition, they are both 9-1 in their last 10 home games and 5-5 in their last 10 road games.

*Oklahoma City has more blocks than their opponent in 14 consecutive games.
–It is the longest regular season streak by a team since the Pistons went 15 games in a row in 2006.

*In the Celtics’ first 20 road games this season, opponents shot 39% from deep.
–However, in the last 10 away games, opponents have hit only 31% of those shots.

*The Celtics already have as many wins on the road without Rajon Rondo (6) as they did with him this season.

*Via Kevin Pelton: Since Rondo went down, Pierce is averaging 40 percent more assists per minute than at any other time of his career.

*The Thunder are 20-0 this season when holding opponents to fewer than 100 points at home.
–34-2 overall when doing so.

*Oklahoma City has had just 4 different starting lineups this season.
–For 59 of their 62 games, they have had Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka and Perkins start.

*Kendrick Perkins has a plus/minus of +119 over his last 10 games, the 5^th-best in the NBA.
–Sefolosha and Westbrook are tied for 12^th in plus/minus (+99) over their last 10 games.

*The Celtics are 11-4 (.733) with the starting lineup of Bradley, Lee, Pierce, Bass and Garnett.
–That starting lineup has the most wins and has the best winning percentage among all Celtics lineups this season.

*On Friday, the Celtics shot at least 50% from 3-point with at least 20 attempts for the first time this season.

*The Celtics have made double-digit 3-pointers in 3 of their last 5 road games.
–This is the first time that they have had made at least 10 shots from beyond the arc in 3 games of a 5-game road stretch since 2009.
–The Celtics did not even have one game in which they made double-digit 3-pointers in their first 25 games away from TD Garden this season.
–Overall, the Celtics have succeeded when shooting well from downtown. They are 3-0 on the road this season when making double-digit 3-pointers, and 6-0 overall when doing so.

*Paul Pierce went for 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on Friday. It was the 4^th time in the last 3 months that the Captain hit those plateaus. By the way, the Celtics have won all 4 of those games.
–It was the first time that Pierce has hit these plateaus 4 times within 3 months since 2003-04.

*Paul Piece has now had at least 7 rebounds in 6 consecutive games. That is his longest streak for him since November 2006 (also 6 games).
–Last time with 7-game streak of at least 7 rebounds: January 2005 (9 games).

*Jason Terry is now two 3-pointers away from his 13^th straight season (2000-01 to 2012-13) of making at least 100 shots from downtown.
–Paul Pierce and Ray Allen are the only players to do so from 2000-01 to 2012-13.
–No other NBA players will be able to make it at least a 13^th straight such season in 2012-13.
–The record for the most consecutive seasons of making 100 shots from deep is held by Reggie Miller: 15 seasons (1989-90 to 2003-04).

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Thunder
–The Celtics head to Oklahoma City hoping to sweep the series against the Thunder for the first time since the 2008-09 season.

*Milestone Watch:

–Paul Pierce is 1 offensive rebound away from 1,000 for his career–

–All-Time NBA Minutes–
6. John Stockton 47,764
7. Reggie Miller 47,619
8. Kevin Garnett 47,602            (Garnett needs 18 to move into 7^th place)

–All-Time NBA Blocked Shots–
17. Larry Nance 2,027
18. Theo Ratliff 1,968
19. Kevin Garnett 1,967            (Garnett needs 1 to tie Ratliff for 18^th place)

–All-Time NBA Points Scored–
14. Reggie Miller 25,279
15. Jerry West 25,192
16. Kevin Garnett 25,174            (Garnett needs 19 to move into 15^th place)

–All-Time NBA Points Scored–
19. Allen Iverson 24,368
20. Charles Barkley 23,757
21. Paul Pierce 23,728            (Pierce needs 30 to move into 20^th place)

–All-Time NBA Free Throws Made–
T-8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Dolph Schayes 6,712
10. Allen Iverson 6,375
11. Paul Pierce 6,362                        (Pierce needs 14 to move into 10^th place)