A new year means new hope for good health and good fortune for both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics, who are happy to put 2018 behind them.
Both teams closed out the year with disappointing losses on New Year's Eve and get a chance to start 2019 off right when they tip off at TD Garden in Boston on Wednesday night. Boston will be trying to sweep the season series after winning 118-109 in Minnesota on Dec. 1.
Even though they have won three of their last five games, the Timberwolves slogged through a tumultuous first three months of the season and at 17-20 sit 13th in the Western Conference.