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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 26 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 109 |
 Timberwolves | 29 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 114 |
BOSTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 36-9239.1% | 11-3928.2% | 26-3476.5% | 45 | 20 | 16 |
| MIN | 44-8551.8% | 13-3735.1% | 13-2552.0% | 45 | 26 | 23 |
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 Timberwolves114| 45 | 20 | 8-18 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −6.7 | |||||||
| 41 | 14 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2-11 | 0 | +24 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 38 | 38 | 15-25 | 2-8 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +9.9 | ||||||
| 36 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −0.1 | |||||
| 28 | 7 | 3-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −13.1 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | +6 | −7.3 | |||||||
| 25 | 14 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | −2 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −0.6 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.6 | |
| Team | 114 | 44-8551.8% | 13-3735.1% | 45 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 13-2552.0% | 6 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Josh Minott, Troy Brown Jr. and Daishen Nix (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics109| 43 | 32 | 12-22 | 2-8 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 42 | 12 | 4-16 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 0 | −19 | −7.2 | |||||||
| 39 | 26 | 10-21 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −7.0 | |||||||
| 36 | 20 | 5-14 | 2-6 | 8-10 | −7 | −1.7 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 11 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 0 | 2-2 | −3 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 20 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −2.5 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +4 | +0.6 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.4 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.9 | |
| Team | 109 | 36-9239.1% | 11-3928.2% | 45 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 26-3476.5% | 11 | 13 | 2 | |||
Bench 16 points on 4 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Oshae Brissett and Dalano Banton (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves114Celtics109ClickTap 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.
Anthony Edwards scored 38 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Boston Celtics 114-109 in overtime.
It was tied 101-101 at the end of regulation.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Celtics 19-17. Edwards scored 8 of the Timberwolves’ 19 on 4 for 7 shooting. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Edwards had 4 of his 7 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Jaden McDaniels that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Mike Conley that put the Timberwolves ahead. With 3:11 left in overtime, Edwards stole the ball from Jayson Tatum, and Conley’s pull-up 3-pointer off it put the Timberwolves ahead 106-105.
McDaniels scored 20 points.
For the Celtics, Tatum had 32 points and 5 steals, and Jaylen Brown added 26 points. Kristaps Porziņģis scored 20 points. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
The Timberwolves shot 51.8% from the field and 35.1% from 3 to the Celtics’ 39.1% and 28.2%. The Celtics outscored the Timberwolves 22-6 in 8 minutes with Horford, Tatum, Kornet, Pritchard and Hauser on the floor together. Karl-Anthony Towns fouled out.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 85 shots: 10.5 more 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 | 13-18 | 72.2% | 66% |
| In the paint | 10-17 | 58.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-13 | 61.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-28 | 32.1% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 35 | 6 | 3-6 | −7 |
| Jrue Holiday | 14 | 11 | 5-5 | +6 |
| Jayson Tatum | 10 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Al Horford | 7 | 13 | 6-8 | +10 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 16 | 7-10 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 48 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 26 | 10 | 4-10 | +5 |
| Jayson Tatum | 17 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Sam Hauser | 17 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Al Horford | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 8 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 87 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Horford | 31 | 0 | 0-0 | −6 |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 19 | 8 | 4-4 | +4 |
| Jaylen Brown | 11 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Jayson Tatum | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 1 | 0-0 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 93 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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
Brown 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Holiday 6 AST)
Q4 2:00
32.4%
56→24
McDaniels 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Edwards 6 AST)
Q4 1:41
32.4%
24→56
Conley 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Edwards 7 AST)
OT 3:08
30.7%
27→58
Tatum 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (24 PTS)
Q4 7:34
19.2%
53→34
Edwards 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 6:35
19.1%
43→62
