*On Wednesday, each of the 5 Celtics starters blocked a shot for the first time since February 21, 2010.
*The last time Kevin Durant missed a midseason game: December 3, 2010 (he also missed the final game of the 2012-13 season for rest)
--Durant has scored more than 20 points in each of his last 9 games against the men in green, the longest active streak of any player.
*On Wednesday, the Celtics hit 15 shots from 3-point distance for the first time since 2009.
--Jeff Green was the first Celtic to make eight 3-pointers since Eddie House in 2009 (Ray Allen did it once each in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 postseasons).
--Phil Pressey and Jeff Green became the 3rd and 4th five-3-pointer performances by Celtics this season (Green and Jordan Crawford the others).
*Jeff Green’s 39 points are the most in his career in a game that his team has won.
*Phil Pressey became the first Celtics player since J.R. Bremer to hit at least five 3-pointers sometime in his first 40 NBA games.
--Bremer did it 3 times (2003), Pierce did it 4 times (1999) and Billups did it once (1998).
--Pressey has made seven 3-pointers in his last 4 games after making just four 3-pointers in his first 36 games.
*Gerald Wallace’s 9 assists on Wednesday were a season-high.
--Only 5 times had Wallace done that before in his career.
*Another Jared Sullinger double-double on Wednesday means that there have been 3 instances this season (4 times in his career) in which he has put together double-doubles in consecutive games.
*With 11 rebounds on Wednesday, Jared Sullinger already has 8 separate games of double-digit rebounds in January.
--Last player with at least 8 separate games in one month: Perkins had 9 in January 2010
*The Celtics have had more steals than their opponent in each of their last 7 games, their longest streak since 2007.
--The last time with 8+ straight: 2000 (8 straight)
*Oklahoma City is 22-1 this season when scoring at least 105 points.
*After the Celtics went to overtime on Wednesday, the Nuggets remain as the only NBA team to not play an overtime contest in 2013-14.
*This will most likely be the first season since 2006-07 that the Celtics will not have an All-Star representative.
--However, during the 2007 All-Star weekend, Gerald Green did win the dunk contest.
*For Wednesday against Philadelphia: the 76ers will be the 26th different team that Brad Stevens will face in his NBA career.
--That starts a streak of 4 consecutive weeks in which the Brad Stevens will have faced a new team (Kings, then Mavericks and then Suns).
*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Thunder
--The last time Oklahoma City was at the Garden, the Celtics stopped a 3-game home losing streak to the Thunder.
--From 2000 to 2009, the Seattle/Oklahoma City franchise was 1-9 in Boston.
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