BOS 117 @ MIN 109 — Mar 8, 2018 — stat.space

Boston

Celtics

117

–

109

FINAL

Minnesota

Timberwolves

Date

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BOS	35	25	26	31	117
MIN	28	18	28	35	109

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Al Horford

BOS

PTS

REB

AST

+13

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections1

Contested Shots18

Loose Balls1

Opp FG% When Defending60.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.27

Impact Composite66.0

Hustle: 30.5Defense: 33.3Impact: 2.2

57.1% FG18 contested shots+13 plus/minusonly 15 pts allowed on 56.1 possessions

Box Score MVP

Kyrie Irving

BOS

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Game Performance

FG9-15 (60.0%)

3PT3-7

FT2-2

TS%72.4%

eFG%70.0%

STL2

BLK1

TOV4

ORTG120

DRTG112

NET+8

60.0% FG11 contested shots3 loose balls recoveredonly 16 pts allowed on 49.1 possessions

Box Score

BOS	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Terry Rozier	24:19	13	4	0	1	2	0	1	2	5-10	50%	2-6	33%	1-1	100%	+7
Marcus Smart	32:56	9	2	2	6	2	0	2	1	2-7	29%	0-4	0%	5-9	56%	+15
Kyrie Irving	29:36	23	7	1	8	2	1	4	2	9-15	60%	3-7	43%	2-2	100%	+5
Jaylen Brown	28:09	14	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	4-10	40%	1-2	50%	5-5	100%	+12
Aron Baynes	10:28	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-11
BENCH
Greg Monroe	9:09	2	4	0	2	0	0	1	2	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+3
Marcus Morris Sr.	32:35	17	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	7-15	47%	3-5	60%	0-1	0%	+16
Daniel Theis	9:34	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	2	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	-5
Jayson Tatum	22:11	12	5	1	0	0	0	1	3	4-8	50%	1-4	25%	3-4	75%	-11
Al Horford	34:14	20	8	1	6	0	1	1	1	8-14	57%	1-4	25%	3-3	100%	+13
TOTAL	—	117	46	9	28	7	2	11	16	43-87	49%	11-32	34%	20-27	74%	—

Shane Larkin —

Abdel Nader —

Semi Ojeleye —

MIN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Andrew Wiggins	38:23	13	7	4	4	2	0	4	3	6-21	29%	1-8	13%	0-0	0%	-11
Tyus Jones	16:46	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2-5	40%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	-2
Taj Gibson	35:48	18	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	8-10	80%	0-0	0%	2-3	67%	+4
Karl-Anthony Towns	37:57	15	11	3	3	0	1	1	4	5-12	42%	0-0	0%	5-8	63%	-11
Nemanja Bjelica	40:21	30	12	2	2	0	0	2	6	11-16	69%	6-9	67%	2-2	100%	-3
BENCH
Jamal Crawford	23:44	15	1	1	4	0	1	0	2	7-16	44%	1-6	17%	0-0	0%	-9
Gorgui Dieng	15:47	0	7	2	0	0	1	1	3	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-2
Jeff Teague	31:14	13	5	0	8	1	0	0	2	5-12	42%	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	-6
TOTAL	—	109	47	13	24	3	3	12	22	44-94	47%	12-31	39%	9-13	69%	—

Cole Aldrich —

Aaron Brooks —

Marcus Georges-Hunt —

Derrick Rose —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

BOS43/87 (49%)

Paint

16/29 (55%)

Mid

17/34 (50%)

3PT

11/32 (34%)

ATB3 33%Paint 43%Mid 56%RA 81%Corner 3 38%

MIN44/94 (47%)

Paint

27/47 (57%)

Mid

9/27 (33%)

3PT

12/31 (39%)

Paint 43%RA 67%ATB3 45%Mid 36%Corner 3 27%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Karl-Anthony Towns

defended Al Horford

10.7 min • 2 pts • 17%

Best Defender

Tyus Jones

held Terry Rozier

4.5 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Nemanja Bjelica

vs Jayson Tatum

5.8 min • 10 pts • 75%

MIN Defense	Al Horford	Aron Baynes	Daniel Theis	Greg Monroe	Jaylen Brown	Jayson Tatum	Kyrie Irving	Marcus Morris Sr.	Marcus Smart	Semi Ojeleye	Terry Rozier
Nemanja Bjelica	—	—	—	—	1.1m 2pts 100%	5.8m 10pts 75%	5.2m 7pts 75%	1.2m 5pts 100%	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	1.1m 0pts 0%
Andrew Wiggins	—	—	—	—	6.2m 2pts 33%	—	2.7m 2pts 17%	1.4m 2pts 33%	1.6m 3pts 100%	1.3m 0pts 0%	2.1m 2pts 20%
Taj Gibson	1.4m 0pts 0%	2.9m 4pts 100%	2.3m 2pts 100%	1.9m 3pts 100%	1.0m 4pts 100%	—	—	3.9m 4pts 100%	1.0m 3pts 100%	—	—
Jeff Teague	1.9m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	2.2m 3pts 100%	1.3m 0pts 0%	2.5m 0pts 0%	1.2m 5pts 100%	2.5m 3pts 33%	—	1.2m 0pts 0%
Karl-Anthony Towns	10.7m 2pts 17%	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3m 2pts 100%	—	—	—
Jamal Crawford	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.4m 9pts 57%	—	1.5m 2pts 33%
Tyus Jones	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.5m 0pts 0%
Gorgui Dieng	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.4m 0pts 0%	—	—	—
Other	1.4m 5pts 40%	1.7m 6pts 67%	2.0m 3pts 33%	2.1m 2pts 50%	1.8m 5pts 100%	2.6m 4pts 50%	2.5m 2pts 33%	0.8m 2pts 33%	—	1.7m 4pts 25%	—

Game Flow

Score margin over time — positive = MIN leads, negative = BOS leads

MIN Largest Lead

Q1 5:17

BOS Largest Lead

Q3 0:51

Key Scoring Runs (8+)

MIN 8-0 run

Q1 4:34 – Q1 5:17

-1 → +4

BOS 9-0 run

Q2 8:42 – Q2 10:38

-10 → -16

MIN 8-0 run

Q3 2:16 – Q3 4:27

-13 → -7

BOS 8-0 run

Q3 10:01 – Q3 10:54

-11 → -17