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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 29 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 103 |
 Timberwolves | 23 | 22 | 29 | 34 | 108 |
BOSTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 33-8937.1% | 16-4734.0% | 21-2875.0% | 53 | 23 | 14 |
| MIN | 40-9044.4% | 14-3441.2% | 14-1973.7% | 53 | 30 | 14 |
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.
Minnesota Timberwolves108| 39 | 15 | 6-18 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −6.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 17 | 6-14 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 0 | −10 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 32 | 5 | 1-9 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 0 | +15 | −6.0 | |||||||
| 29 | 20, Career high (his best before, 16) | 8-11 | 2-2 | 2-3 | +13 | +8.4 | ||||||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −0.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 29, Career high (his best before, 28) | 10-18 | 6-9, Ties his career high | 3-4 | 0 | +8 | +10.2 | |||||||
| 25 | 11 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | +13 | +5.9 | ||||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | −0.9 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.5 | ||
| Team | 108 | 40-9044.4% | 14-3441.2% | 53 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 14-1973.7% | 11 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 46 points on 17 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Leandro Bolmaro and Rayjon Tucker (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics103| 45 | 24, Season high (his best before, 19) | 8-22 | 5-14 | 3-3 | 0 | +1 | −1.5 | |||||||
| 39 | 26 | 8-24 | 2-8 | 8-13 | 0 | +11 | −7.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 6 | 2-9 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | −32 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 16 | 6-11 | 4-8, Season high (his best before, 3) | 0-0 | +10 | +7.0 | ||||||||
| 22 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | −17 | +2.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 15 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 0 | +5 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 16 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | −2.3 | ||||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.9 | |||
| 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.8 | ||||
| Team | 103 | 33-8937.1% | 16-4734.0% | 53 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 21-2875.0% | 15 | 8 | 10 | |||
Bench 23 points on 6 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Al-Farouq Aminu, Joe Johnson, Norvel Pelle and Brodric Thomas (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves108Celtics103ClickTap 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.
Jaylen Nowell scored a career-high 29 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Minnesota Timberwolves went on a 12-3 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 108-103.
It was tied at 81 when Nathan Knight’s corner 3-pointer put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 9:19 left. They pulled away to a 93-84 lead with 5:40 left.
Knight had a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds on 8 for 11 shooting.
For the Celtics, Jaylen Brown had 26 points (7 during a 13-0 run in the second quarter) and 10 rebounds but shot 8 for 24, and Payton Pritchard added a season-high 24 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Al Horford had 16 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Timberwolves shot 44.4% from the field and 41.2% from 3 to the Celtics’ 37.1% and 34.0%. They outscored the Celtics 50-26 in the paint. The Celtics outscored the Timberwolves 21-8 in 6 minutes with Horford, Brown, Hernangomez, Williams and Pritchard on the floor together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesBoston CelticsPS, 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. The Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at 17% (3rd quarter, 3:40 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
94 points from the field on 90 shots: 3.6 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 | 22-30 | 73.3% | 65% |
| In the paint | 3-18 | 16.7% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 1-8 | 12.5% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-11 | 36.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-23 | 43.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payton Pritchard | 20 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Jaylen Brown | 16 | 6 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Grant Williams | 11 | 8 | 3-6 | +5 |
| Romeo Langford | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 7 | 3-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Horford | 20 | 4 | 2-2 | −1 |
| Robert Williams III | 11 | 10 | 4-7 | +8 |
| Payton Pritchard | 8 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Grant Williams | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Horford | 16 | 5 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Jaylen Brown | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Grant Williams | 10 | 5 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 4 | 1-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 10 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.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Nowell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (21 PTS)
Q4 10:34
15.5%
37→53
Knight 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Monroe 4 AST)
Q4 9:19
13.4%
53→66
Williams 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Brown 3 AST)
Q3 9:03
10.7%
36→26
Williams 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Horford 5 AST)
Q3 3:58
10.1%
27→17
Nowell 27' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (McLaughlin 4 AST)
Q2 8:45
9.5%
47→56
