Boston Celtics @ Minnesota Timberwolves

16-18, 7-12 Away

103

16-18, 7-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	29	27	23	24	103
Timberwolves MIN	23	22	29	34	108

Minnesota TimberwolvesTimberwolvesMIN

16-17, 10-9 Home

108

16-17, 10-9 Home

Nathan Knight misses driving layup
Nathan Knight misses driving layup
Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Robert Williams III blocks Nathan Knight 's 5-foot driving layup
Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nathan Knight assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 29-foot three point shot
Nathan Knight makes layup (Jake Layman assists)
Jake Layman misses running pullup jump shot
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Nathan Knight assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jake Layman assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Malik Beasley misses driving floating jump shot
Jake Layman makes 1-foot dunk (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Al Horford blocks Malik Beasley's two point shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Malik Beasley assists)
Juancho Hernangomez blocks Jake Layman's driving layup
Jake Layman misses three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses running pullup jump shot
Josh Okogie makes two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup (Greg Monroe assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 10-foot two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin makes 3-foot two point shot (Jake Layman assists)
Josh Okogie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greg Monroe assists)
Greg Monroe makes layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses two point shot
Greg Monroe misses two point shot
Robert Williams III blocks Greg Monroe's layup
Josh Okogie misses 24-foot three point jumper
Romeo Langford blocks Malik Beasley 's 3-foot driving layup
Romeo Langford blocks Josh Okogie 's 2-foot two point shot
Nathan Knight makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses driving floating jump shot
Greg Monroe makes two point shot
Jaden McDaniels misses two point shot
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Malik Beasley makes driving floating jump shot
Malik Beasley misses three point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses running pullup jump shot
Nathan Knight makes hook shot
Nathan Knight makes 1-foot driving dunk (Malik Beasley assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nathan Knight makes layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaylen Brown blocks Jordan McLaughlin 's 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nathan Knight makes 1-foot dunk (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nathan Knight assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nathan Knight assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 11-foot two point shot
Jaden McDaniels misses layup
Malik Beasley misses 28-foot three point jumper
Nathan Knight makes driving layup
Jake Layman misses driving floating jump shot
Jake Layman makes 1-foot dunk (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes layup (Greg Monroe assists)
Jake Layman misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
Greg Monroe makes 2-foot two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three pointer
Jaylen Nowell makes driving dunk (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Nathan Knight makes three point jumper (Greg Monroe assists)
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses driving floating jump shot
Greg Monroe makes tip shot
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Greg Monroe assists)
Greg Monroe makes hook shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Malik Beasley makes driving floating jump shot (Greg Monroe assists)
Robert Williams III blocks Greg Monroe's two point shot
Greg Monroe misses 10-foot hook shot
Robert Williams III blocks Malik Beasley 's 9-foot driving layup
Malik Beasley makes 1-foot jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
Romeo Langford blocks Jordan McLaughlin 's 6-foot driving layup
Robert Williams III makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Al Horford assists)
Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
Al Horford makes 10-foot two point shot
Jaylen Brown misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Romeo Langford misses 24-foot three point shot
Romeo Langford makes dunk (Jaylen Brown assists)
Payton Pritchard misses pullup jump shot
Al Horford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Romeo Langford makes tip shot
Romeo Langford misses driving layup
Jaylen Brown misses 8-foot two point shot
Josh Okogie blocks Jaylen Brown 's 6-foot two point shot
Payton Pritchard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Robert Williams III misses 8-foot hook shot
Jaylen Brown misses 8-foot two point shot
Al Horford misses tip shot
Payton Pritchard misses 8-foot two point shot
Robert Williams III misses 18-foot jumper
Grant Williams misses step back jumpshot
Payton Pritchard misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Romeo Langford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Grant Williams makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Al Horford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Al Horford makes 10-foot two point shot
Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Payton Pritchard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Juancho Hernangomez assists)
Al Horford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
Juancho Hernangomez misses 28-foot three point jumper
Romeo Langford misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Romeo Langford assists)
Josh Okogie blocks Romeo Langford 's 5-foot two point shot
Jaylen Brown misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Juancho Hernangomez misses two point shot
Jabari Parker makes 28-foot three point jumper (Romeo Langford assists)
Jabari Parker misses 23-foot pullup jump shot
Romeo Langford misses step back jumpshot
Sam Hauser makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jabari Parker assists)
Al Horford misses 23-foot three point jumper
Payton Pritchard misses running pullup jump shot
Payton Pritchard misses 11-foot two point shot
Jaylen Brown makes 12-foot two point shot (Jabari Parker assists)
Jaylen Brown misses layup
Sam Hauser misses 26-foot three point jumper
Payton Pritchard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
Jaylen Brown makes 18-foot jumper (Al Horford assists)
Payton Pritchard misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three pointer (Payton Pritchard assists)
Payton Pritchard misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Payton Pritchard makes three pointer
Al Horford makes 27-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
Jaylen Brown misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Grant Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Payton Pritchard misses running pullup jump shot
Al Horford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown makes driving layup
Payton Pritchard makes jumper (Grant Williams assists)
Grant Williams makes layup (Payton Pritchard assists)
Al Horford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Jaylen Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
Grant Williams makes three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
Payton Pritchard misses 30-foot three point jumper
Juancho Hernangomez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jake Layman blocks Jaylen Brown's driving layup
Greg Monroe blocks Jaylen Brown 's 3-foot layup
Jaylen Brown makes two point shot
Grant Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sam Hauser misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jabari Parker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Payton Pritchard makes driving layup
Sam Hauser misses three point jumper
Payton Pritchard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown misses 12-foot two point shot
Al Horford makes 25-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
Nathan Knight blocks Grant Williams's three point shot
Jaylen Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Payton Pritchard misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown makes driving dunk (Romeo Langford assists)
Payton Pritchard misses 27-foot three point jumper
Robert Williams III misses layup
Robert Williams III makes tip shot
Robert Williams III makes alley oop dunk shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
Payton Pritchard makes driving layup
Romeo Langford misses 27-foot three point jumper
Payton Pritchard misses running pullup jump shot
Jaylen Brown misses running pullup jump shot
Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
Payton Pritchard makes 33-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)

CELTICS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		BOS	MIN
12:00	Robert Williams III vs. Nathan Knight (Jaylen Brown gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Robert Williams III makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Al Horford assists)	2	0
11:17	Nathan Knight misses driving layup	2	0
11:16	Robert Williams III defensive rebound	2	0
11:03	Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)	5	0
10:56	Robert Williams III shooting foul	5	0
10:56	Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 1 of 2	5	1
10:56	Jordan McLaughlin misses free throw 2 of 2	5	1
10:54	Robert Williams III defensive rebound	5	1
10:38	Al Horford makes 10-foot two point shot	7	1
10:24	Josh Okogie bad pass (Romeo Langford steals)	7	1
10:17	Jaylen Brown misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	7	1
10:14	Nathan Knight defensive rebound	7	1
10:02	Nathan Knight misses driving layup	7	1
10:00	Al Horford defensive rebound	7	1
9:54	Romeo Langford misses 24-foot three point shot	7	1
9:49	Josh Okogie defensive rebound	7	1
9:48	Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	1
9:45	Al Horford defensive rebound	7	1
9:35	Al Horford 3 second turnover	7	1
9:24	Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	1
9:19	Romeo Langford defensive rebound	7	1
9:08	Romeo Langford makes dunk (Jaylen Brown assists)	9	1
9:01	Payton Pritchard shooting foul	9	1
9:01	Nathan Knight makes free throw 1 of 2	9	2
9:01	Nathan Knight misses free throw 2 of 2	9	2
8:59	Jaylen Brown defensive rebound	9	2
8:50	Payton Pritchard misses pullup jump shot	9	2
8:46	Robert Williams III offensive rebound	9	2
8:39	Al Horford misses 26-foot three point jumper	9	2
8:37	Romeo Langford offensive rebound	9	2
8:36	Romeo Langford makes tip shot	11	2
8:22	Robert Williams III blocks Nathan Knight 's 5-foot driving layup	11	2
8:22	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	11	2
8:20	Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)	11	5
8:06	Romeo Langford misses driving layup	11	5
8:06	Celtics offensive team rebound	11	5
8:00	Jaylen Brown misses 8-foot two point shot	11	5
8:00	Jaylen Brown offensive rebound	11	5
7:56	Josh Okogie blocks Jaylen Brown 's 6-foot two point shot	11	5
7:56	Robert Williams III offensive rebound	11	5
7:49	Payton Pritchard misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	5
7:47	Josh Okogie defensive rebound	11	5
7:45	Jake Layman enters the game for Josh Okogie	11	5
7:38	Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nathan Knight assists)	11	8
7:15	Robert Williams III misses 8-foot hook shot	11	8
7:11	Jordan McLaughlin defensive rebound	11	8
7:10	Jordan McLaughlin lost ball turnover (Romeo Langford steals)	11	8
7:06	Jaylen Brown misses 8-foot two point shot	11	8
7:01	Al Horford offensive rebound	11	8
7:01	Al Horford misses tip shot	11	8
7:00	Jordan McLaughlin defensive rebound	11	8
6:57	Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper	11	8
6:54	Jaylen Brown defensive rebound	11	8
6:47	Payton Pritchard misses 8-foot two point shot	11	8
6:44	Jake Layman defensive rebound	11	8
6:39	Malik Beasley misses 29-foot three point shot	11	8
6:34	Robert Williams III defensive rebound	11	8
6:25	Robert Williams III misses 18-foot jumper	11	8
6:25	Nathan Knight defensive rebound	11	8
6:15	Jaden McDaniels out of bounds lost ball turnover	11	8
6:15	Timberwolves Full timeout	11	8
6:15	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Jordan McLaughlin	11	8
6:15	Juancho Hernangomez enters the game for Jaylen Brown	11	8
6:15	Grant Williams enters the game for Al Horford	11	8
5:57	Grant Williams misses step back jumpshot	11	8
5:53	Nathan Knight defensive rebound	11	8
5:41	Nathan Knight makes layup (Jake Layman assists)	11	10
5:41	Robert Williams III shooting foul	11	10
5:41	Al Horford enters the game for Robert Williams III	11	10
5:41	Nathan Knight makes free throw 1 of 1	11	11
5:30	Nathan Knight defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	11	11
5:30	Payton Pritchard makes technical free throw	12	11
5:16	Payton Pritchard misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	12	11
5:14	Jake Layman defensive rebound	12	11
5:09	Jake Layman misses running pullup jump shot	12	11
5:07	Nathan Knight offensive rebound	12	11
4:58	Malik Beasley makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Nathan Knight assists)	12	14
4:41	Romeo Langford misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	14
4:39	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	12	14
4:33	Jaylen Nowell makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jake Layman assists)	12	17
4:32	Celtics Full timeout	12	17
4:32	Jaylen Brown enters the game for Romeo Langford	12	17
4:14	Grant Williams makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)	15	17
3:46	Jaylen Nowell misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	15	17
3:44	Grant Williams defensive rebound	15	17
3:37	Al Horford misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	17
3:34	Juancho Hernangomez offensive rebound	15	17
3:32	Malik Beasley shooting foul	15	17
3:32	Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2	16	17
3:32	Chris Silva enters the game for Nathan Knight	16	17
3:32	Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2	17	17
3:17	Malik Beasley misses driving floating jump shot	17	17
3:15	Al Horford defensive rebound	17	17
3:15	Jaden McDaniels personal foul	17	17
3:00	Al Horford makes 10-foot two point shot	19	17
2:44	Jake Layman makes 1-foot dunk (Jaden McDaniels assists)	19	19
2:28	Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	19
2:26	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	19	19
2:21	Al Horford blocks Malik Beasley's two point shot	19	19
2:21	Payton Pritchard defensive rebound	19	19
2:11	Payton Pritchard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Juancho Hernangomez assists)	22	19
1:56	Jaden McDaniels makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Malik Beasley assists)	22	21
1:45	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	22	21
1:45	Juancho Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 2	23	21
1:45	Josh Okogie enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	23	21
1:45	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for Malik Beasley	23	21
1:45	Juancho Hernangomez makes free throw 2 of 2	24	21
1:28	Juancho Hernangomez blocks Jake Layman's driving layup	24	21
1:25	Al Horford defensive rebound	24	21
1:13	Al Horford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)	27	21
1:00	Jake Layman misses three point jumper	27	21
58.2	Juancho Hernangomez defensive rebound	27	21
42.7	Juancho Hernangomez misses 28-foot three point jumper	27	21
40.7	Chris Silva defensive rebound	27	21
34.5	Jaylen Nowell misses running pullup jump shot	27	21
31.4	Payton Pritchard defensive rebound	27	21
14.1	Payton Pritchard lost ball turnover (Jordan McLaughlin steals)	27	21
9.7	Josh Okogie makes two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)	27	23
4.3	Josh Okogie shooting foul	27	23
4.3	Grant Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	28	23
4.3	Malik Beasley enters the game for Chris Silva	28	23
4.3	Grant Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	29	23
0.0	Jordan McLaughlin misses two point shot	29	23
0.0	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	29	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	23

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Celtics
103
Timberwolves
108

Game 1

12/27

Timberwolves
112
Celtics
134

Game 2

3/27

Target Center

8:00 PM, December 27, 2021

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 15,962

Referees:
Matt Boland
Brent Barnaky
Mark Lindsay

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	7	3	.700	-	W5
Philadelphia	7	4	.636	0.5	W1
Toronto	6	5	.545	1.5	W1
Boston	5	7	.417	3	L1
Brooklyn	1	10	.091	6.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	11	1	.917	-	W3
Denver	8	2	.800	2	W5
Minnesota	7	4	.636	3.5	W3
Portland	5	5	.500	5	L2
Utah	4	7	.364	6.5	W1

Nuggets extend winning streak to five with victory over Kings

— Nikola Jokic scored 35 points and had 15 rebounds, Jamal Murray added 23 points and the Denver Nuggets won their fifth game in a row, 122-108 over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

San Antonio plays Golden State, seeks 6th straight home win

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Boston Celtics @ Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Game Information

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