Boston
Celtics
103
–
108
FINAL
Minnesota
Timberwolves
Date
Monday, December 27, 2021
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 29 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 103 |
| MIN | 23 | 22 | 29 | 34 | 108 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Nathan Knight
MIN
20
PTS
11
REB
4
AST
+13
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections1
Contested Shots6
Opp FG% When Defending70.0%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.36
Impact Composite43.0
Hustle: 11.0Defense: 29.4Impact: 2.6
Double-Double72.7% FG6 contested shots+13 plus/minusonly 17 pts allowed on 46.7 possessions
Box Score MVP
Jaylen Nowell
MIN
29
PTS
6
REB
3
AST
+8
+/−
Game Performance
FG10-18 (55.6%)
3PT6-9
FT3-4
TS%73.4%
eFG%72.2%
STL1
TOV1
ORTG117
DRTG104
NET+13
55.6% FG6-9 from 3only 16 pts allowed on 55.8 possessions
Box Score
| BOS | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 39:24 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8-24 | 33% | 2-8 | 25% | 8-13 | 62% | +11 |
| Romeo Langford | 36:06 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-9 | 22% | 0-4 | 0% | 2-4 | 50% | -32 |
| Payton Pritchard | 44:32 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8-22 | 36% | 5-14 | 36% | 3-3 | 100% | +1 |
| Grant Williams | 27:48 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4-7 | 57% | 3-5 | 60% | 4-4 | 100% | +5 |
| Sam Hauser | 10:42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | +5 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Horford | 34:27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6-11 | 55% | 4-8 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +10 |
| Robert Williams III | 21:59 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3-6 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -17 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 15:47 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-3 | 0% | 0-2 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -3 |
| Jabari Parker | 9:16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 33% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -5 |
| TOTAL | — | 103 | 53 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 33-89 | 37% | 16-47 | 34% | 21-28 | 75% | — |
Norvel Pelle —
Brodric Thomas —
Al-Farouq Aminu —
Joe Johnson —
| MIN | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan McLaughlin | 32:29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1-9 | 11% | 0-1 | 0% | 3-6 | 50% | +15 |
| Malik Beasley | 39:27 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6-18 | 33% | 3-10 | 30% | 0-0 | 0% | -3 |
| Nathan Knight | 29:13 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8-11 | 73% | 2-2 | 100% | 2-3 | 67% | +13 |
| Jake Layman | 23:57 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-7 | 29% | 0-3 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -3 |
| Greg Monroe | 25:01 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5-9 | 56% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | +13 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Jaylen Nowell | 34:41 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10-18 | 56% | 6-9 | 67% | 3-4 | 75% | +8 |
| Chris Silva | 3:28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -6 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 36:14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-14 | 43% | 2-7 | 29% | 3-3 | 100% | -10 |
| Josh Okogie | 15:30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2-4 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| TOTAL | — | 108 | 53 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 40-90 | 44% | 14-34 | 41% | 14-19 | 74% | — |
Leandro Bolmaro —
Rayjon Tucker —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
BOS33/89 (37%)
Paint
13/31 (42%)
Mid
6/17 (35%)
3PT
16/48 (33%)
ATB3 36%RA 65%Paint 19%Corner 3 22%Mid 38%
MIN40/90 (44%)
Paint
25/48 (52%)
Mid
3/15 (20%)
3PT
14/34 (41%)
RA 63%ATB3 44%Paint 16%Corner 3 36%Mid 50%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Malik Beasley
defended Romeo Langford
5.3 min • 2 pts • 25%
Best Defender
Jordan McLaughlin
held Payton Pritchard
5.2 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Nathan Knight
vs Robert Williams III
2.2 min • 10 pts • 57%
| MIN Defense | Al Horford | Grant Williams | Jabari Parker | Jaylen Brown | Juancho Hernangomez | Payton Pritchard | Robert Williams III | Romeo Langford | Sam Hauser |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Beasley | — | 1.7m 2pts 50% | — | 2.8m 5pts 40% | — | 2.5m 5pts 67% | — | 5.3m 2pts 25% | — |
| Jaden McDaniels | 3.4m 5pts 40% | 1.8m 5pts 67% | — | 2.8m 2pts 100% | 2.3m 3pts 50% | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Jaylen Nowell | — | 1.9m 8pts 50% | — | 3.1m 6pts 100% | — | 4.1m 0pts 0% | — | 2.1m 2pts 50% | — |
| Jordan McLaughlin | — | — | — | 1.4m 1pts 0% | — | 5.2m 0pts 0% | — | 2.4m 2pts 50% | — |
| Nathan Knight | 3.7m 4pts 100% | 2.0m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | 1.1m 1pts 0% | 2.2m 10pts 57% | — | — |
| Greg Monroe | 1.6m 0pts 0% | 1.5m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | 2.9m 7pts 50% | 1.1m 2pts 100% | — |
| Jake Layman | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 1.4m 2pts 50% | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | 2.2m 2pts 50% | — | — | — | — |
| Josh Okogie | — | — | — | 2.5m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | — | 1.0m 3pts 100% | 3.4m 7pts 75% | — | 2.0m 2pts 33% | — | 2.9m 6pts 40% | 2.7m 4pts 67% | 4.1m 2pts 17% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = MIN leads, negative = BOS leads
MIN Largest Lead
10
Q4 8:24
BOS Largest Lead
12
Q3 0:42
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
MIN 8-0 run
Q1 3:40 – Q1 6:19
-6 → -1
MIN 9-0 run
Q1 3:40 – Q1 6:19
-6 → 0
BOS 8-0 run
Q2 8:37 – Q2 10:26
-1 → -6
BOS 10-0 run
Q2 8:37 – Q2 11:22
-1 → -8