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Found November 04, 2009 on Red's Army: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Corey Brewer,  Kevin Garnett,  Al Jefferson
TEAMS: Minnesota Timberwolves,  Boston Celtics

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Meet Oleksiy Percherov, power forward for the Timberwolves. This guy nearly single-handedly beat the Celtics tonight. More on him, later.Let's get to the play of the game: Celtics up 92-90, Minnesota ball with 6 seconds left. Corey Brewer drives to the hoop and gets swallowed up by Kevin Garnett. Refs call a jump ball. KG is unable to win the tip clean (Brewer is 6-9) allowing the Wolves another possession. But Perk blocks Al Jefferson's prayer at the buzzer.This one was ugly game...More to come...Box Score | RecapPictures from the game...after the jump.
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