Paul Pierce wasn’t going to let the Boston Celtics lose to another struggling team.

Pierce scored 29 points, tying a franchise record by hitting all six of his 3-point attempts, and the Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-104 on Sunday night.

One game after snapping an 11-game winning streak with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, the No. 14 team in the Eastern Conference, the Celtics reached a season-high in points against the worst team in the West.

“We were ticked (off) and we were mad,” said Kevin Garnett. “It definitely is fuel for the next practice, if not the next game. You can’t win them all, but you can apply those things to the game, and I thought we came out focused tonight.”

The Celtics opened a 15-point lead in the first quarter before Pierce scored 14 points in the second, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers to open a 25-point halftime advantage. Pierce, who has averaged 22.7 points over his 12-year career, hadn’t topped that total in 10 games since Thanksgiving.