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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 19 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 84 |
 Celtics | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 91 |
MINTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 28-7636.8% | 7-2330.4% | 21-2875.0% | 43 | 15 | 12 |
| BOS | 38-9440.4% | 6-3616.7% | 9-1369.2% | 56 | 24 | 10 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics91| 37 | 16 | 6-16 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | +2 | +0.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 11 | 4-15 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | −7.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0-1 | −3 | −0.9 | ||||||||
| 31 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −5.6 | ||||||
| 27 | 11 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +7 | −2.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 18 | 8-13 | 0-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +17 | +5.1 | ||||||
| 25 | 8 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | +5 | −2.8 | |||||||
| 22 | 14 | 6-11 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.1 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.6 | |||
| Team | 91 | 38-9440.4% | 6-3616.7% | 56 | 24 | 10 | 22 | 9-1369.2% | 17 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 42 points on 18 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Abdel Nader and Shane Larkin (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves84| 42 | 25 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +10.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 10 | 3-12 | 1-4 | 3-6 | +2 | −7.6 | ||||||||
| 35 | 14 | 3-12 | 0-3 | 8-10 | 0 | −2 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 8 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.3 | ||||||
| 30 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 13 | 4-8 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +0.4 | ||||
| 18 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −4.7 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.1 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.7 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 84 | 28-7636.8% | 7-2330.4% | 43 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 21-2875.0% | 9 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 20 points on 7 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Jeff Teague (injury/illness); Cole Aldrich and Shabazz Muhammad (coach’s decision).
Celtics91Timberwolves84ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The Boston Celtics went on a 16-5 run in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 91-84 for their fifth straight win.
The Timberwolves went on a 17-5 run to lead 55-48 with 4:53 left in the third quarter. Terry Rozier’s driving layup put the Celtics ahead for good with 1:31 left in the quarter. They took a 64-60 lead with 59 seconds left in the quarter and led by as many as 12 in the fourth quarter.
The Timberwolves got within 66-65 on Jamal Crawford’s 28-foot pull-up 3-pointer with 11:42 to play, but Aron Baynes answered with a 19-foot jumper, and the Timberwolves got no closer.
Marcus Smart scored 18 points (12 in the paint) on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench.
For the Timberwolves, Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and a career-high 23 rebounds.
The Celtics held the Timberwolves to 84 points and outscored them 50-24 in the paint. The Timberwolves gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Celtics missed. The Celtics were outscored 13-3 in 5 minutes with Horford, Irving, Brown, Tatum and Theis on the floor together.
Boston CelticsMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
82 points from the field on 93 shots: 17.4 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-32 | 65.6% | 63% |
| In the paint | 4-12 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-14 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 4-29 | 13.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Crawford | 24 | 6 | 3-5 | +3 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 9 | 6 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 7 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 4-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyus Jones | 27 | 10 | 3-9 | +1 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 14 | 2 | 1-2 | −3 |
| Aaron Brooks | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 8 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyus Jones | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Aaron Brooks | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jamal Crawford | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 9 | 4-7 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 44 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Rozier 27' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Irving 8 AST)
Q4 8:02
14.1%
79→93
Crawford 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Brooks 2 AST)
Q3 2:22
13.5%
54→40
Horford 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Rozier 1 AST)
Q3 2:07
12.3%
40→53
Wiggins 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Gibson 2 AST)
Q3 6:01
12.2%
46→34
Towns 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Jones 2 AST)
Q4 7:45
11.0%
93→82
