3/13/12: Celtics vs. Raptors Stat Pack

*Via Celtics play-by-play radio voice Sean Grande: Coming into Wednesday, the Celtics have won 16 consecutive home games on the 2^nd night of back-to-backs.

*After the Celtics loss Tuesday, the Celtics are back to a negative point differential this season.

*On Wednesday, the Celtics hope to win their 10^th consecutive home game, which would extend their longest home winning streak of the last 4 seasons.
–Last time they won at least 10 straight home games in a row: November 2008 to January 2009 (13 games)

*Since starting 7-3 with Rudy Gay, the Raptors are 1-5 since when he has played.

*The Raptors are 9-27 this season against teams that are .500 or better.

*The Raptors are 2-27 this season when allowing their opponent to score at least 100 points.

*Via @BrianAintLyin: The Celtics ended the Rockets’ 22-game winning streak on March 18^th, 2008. If Miami gets to 22 games in a row, the Celtics have a chance to end it on March 18^th.

*Well I did not think that Kevin Garnett would have a duplicate performance of Sunday on Tuesday. Well, he was actually worse – percentage-wise.
–It was only the 4^th time in his career that he shot that poorly in consecutive games.
–The other 3 times happened in the first 2 months of his rookie year.

*Garnett’s season-low 5 points on Tuesday marked just the second time in his career that he scored 5 or fewer points on at least 10 field goal attempts.
–Other time: March 8, 2002 (Timberwolves @ Suns) – In that game, Garnett had 4 points on 2-of-17 shooting, but went for 18 rebounds and 6 assists.

*Before Tuesday, the Celtics’ largest loss to the Bobcats in franchise history was 12 points. Bobcats have been in existence since 2004-05.
–That was also the Bobcats’ largest victory in franchise history in which they scored 100 points or fewer.

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Raptors
–The Celtics are 18-4 against the Raptors since 2007-08.
–Those 18 regular season wins are tied for the most for the Celtics against an opponent in that span (also 18 vs. Nets).

*Milestone Watch:

–All-Time NBA Points Scored–
14. Reggie Miller 25,279
15. Jerry West 25,192
16. Kevin Garnett 25,189            (Garnett needs 4 to move into 15^th place)

–All-Time NBA Points Scored–
19. Allen Iverson 24,368
20. Charles Barkley 23,757
21. Paul Pierce 23,748            (Pierce needs 10 to move into 20^th place)

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

–All-Time NBA Offensive Rebounds–
21. Elton Brand 3,156
22. David Robinson 3,083
23. Kevin Garnett 3,081            (Garnett needs 2 to tie Robinson for 22^nd 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 6,368                        (Pierce needs 8 to move into 10^th place)