Boston Celtics vs Minnesota Timberwolves 117-109 — Mar 8, 2018 Box Score & Stats | 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

Marcus Smart

BOS

PTS

REB

AST

+15

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections4

Contested Shots10

Opp FG% When Defending25.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.09

Impact Composite90.8

Hustle: 23.0Defense: 65.3Impact: 2.5

4 deflections10 contested shots+15 plus/minusheld opponents to 25.0% FGonly 4 pts allowed on 42.9 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%	+/-
Al Horford	34:14	20	8	1	6	0	1	1	1	8-14	57%	1-4	25%	3-3	100%	+13
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
Jayson Tatum	22:11	12	5	1	0	0	0	1	3	4-8	50%	1-4	25%	3-4	75%	-11
Aron Baynes	10:28	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-11
BENCH
Marcus Smart	32:56	9	2	2	6	2	0	2	1	2-7	29%	0-4	0%	5-9	56%	+15
Marcus Morris Sr.	32:35	17	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	7-15	47%	3-5	60%	0-1	0%	+16
Terry Rozier	24:19	13	4	0	1	2	0	1	2	5-10	50%	2-6	33%	1-1	100%	+7
Daniel Theis	9:34	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	2	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	-5
Greg Monroe	9:09	2	4	0	2	0	0	1	2	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+3
Semi Ojeleye	6:49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-4
TOTAL	—	117	46	9	28	7	2	11	17	43-87	49%	11-32	34%	20-27	74%	—

Abdel Nader —

Shane Larkin —

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

Derrick Rose —

Marcus Georges-Hunt —

Aaron Brooks —

Cole Aldrich —

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

Win Probability

MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

BOS

50/50

MIN

Highest Leverage Moments

Smart Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)

Q4 9:58

12.8%

27→14

Crawford 20' Turnaround Jump Shot (7 PTS)

Q4 10:58

12.6%

15→27

Rozier 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Monroe 2 AST)

Q4 8:17

11.0%

24→13

Irving 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Horford 3 AST)

Q1 4:24

10.7%

58→47

Crawford 19' Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Gibson 1 AST)

Q4 9:45

9.6%

14→24

Boston Celtics 117 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 109 — March 8, 2018 Box Score