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Looks as if Al Jefferson is just as quick with his wit as he is on his feet.
When Kevin Garnett emphatically reminded Jefferson of his all-star selections - "11 years! 11 years!" - Jefferson replied with something that Garnett couldn't top.
"I told him we both have one thing in common - no championships," Jefferson said. "He didn't like that too much."
Garnett and Jefferson were hit with technical fouls for their heated trash talking early in the third quarter of Friday night's game.
Garnett and the Celtics trailed much of the game but rallied late in the fourth quarter for an 87-86 victory at home.
Immediately after Garnett stole the ball to preserve the win as time expired, he celebrated on the court as if the Celtics had just won a playoff game. It was an interesting sight, Garnett holding up the front of his jersey.
The Celtics, after all, have the NBA's best record. The Wolves entered that game with the league's worst record.
Garnett was traded last summer from Minnesota to Boston in exchange for Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, two first-round picks and cash considerations.
Wolves forward Mark Madsen, who played with Garnett the longest of any current Minnesota player, said he didn't take offense to Garnett's celebration. He said Garnett is an emotional player who wears his emotions on his sleeve.
Said Green: "It's a thing where I think it was a more personal game. I think everybody wanted to prove
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to each other that they're better than each other. I thought we should have won, but we did get the loss. I think if we'd have won, we'd have had our jerseys up, too, jus
t like that."
