Boston Celtics 103, Minnesota Timberwolves 108 — Recap

December 27, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 103, Minnesota Timberwolves 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 29-23 MIN; Q2 BOS 27-22 MIN; Q3 BOS 23-29 MIN; Q4 BOS 24-34 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Nowell (MIN) 29 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 26 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-24 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-22 shooting; Nathan Knight (MIN) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Jaylen Nowell

29 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

26 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-24 FG

Scoring · BOS

Payton Pritchard

24 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 8-22 FG

Season highs

Jaylen Nowell · Season-high 29 pointsPayton Pritchard · Season-high 24 pointsNathan Knight · Season-high 20 pointsNathan Knight · Season-high 11 reboundsJaylen Brown · Season-high 10 reboundsJordan McLaughlin · Season-high 10 assistsJaylen Nowell · Season-high 6 threesAl Horford · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

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

🧮 How They Scored

BOSMIN

26Points in the paint50

3Fast-break points19

11Second-chance points15

11Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.1%Effective FG%52.2%

12.1%Turnover %12.5%

26.3%Offensive rebound %22.4%

0.315Free-throw rate0.211

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	45	24	8	6	1	0	2	8-22	5-14	3-3	+1
Jaylen Brown G	39	26	10	4	0	1	6	8-24	2-8	8-13	+11
Romeo Langford G	36	6	3	3	4	3	0	2-9	0-4	2-4	-32
Al Horford C-F	34	16	9	6	1	1	1	6-11	4-8	0-0	+10
Grant Williams F	28	15	6	1	1	0	3	4-7	3-5	4-4	+5
Robert Williams III C-F	22	8	11	0	1	4	1	3-6	0-0	2-2	-17
Juancho Hernangomez F	16	2	3	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	2-2	-3
Sam Hauser F	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+5
Jabari Parker F	9	3	2	2	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-5

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	39	15	8	2	0	0	2	6-18	3-10	0-0	-3
Jaden McDaniels F	36	17	5	2	1	0	2	6-14	2-7	3-3	-10
Jaylen Nowell G	35	29	6	3	1	0	1	10-18	6-9	3-4	+8
Jordan McLaughlin G	32	5	6	10	1	0	4	1-9	0-1	3-6	+15
Nathan Knight F-C	29	20	11	4	1	1	2	8-11	2-2	2-3	+13
Greg Monroe C	25	11	9	6	2	1	2	5-9	0-0	1-1	+13
Jake Layman F	24	6	4	3	1	1	0	2-7	0-3	2-2	-3
Josh Okogie G	16	5	3	0	0	2	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-2
Chris Silva F	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	39	26	43.7	35.6	+11.8	5.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	45	24	51.5	22.9	+1.1	10.2
Al Horford	Bench	34	16	72.7	13.8	+10.9	17.4
Grant Williams	Bench	28	15	85.6	17.4	+4.6	11.1
Robert Williams III	Bench	22	8	58.1	14.8	-30.0	12.9
Romeo Langford	Bench	36	6	27.9	12.4	-41.6	5.4
Sam Hauser	Bench	11	3	37.5	13.8	+16.5	1.3
Jabari Parker	Bench	9	3	50.0	19.0	-27.8	12.9
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	16	2	25.8	11.1	-6.0	0.7

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	35	29	73.4	26.3	+12.6	17.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	29	20	81.2	21.5	+26.2	20.5
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	36	17	55.5	19.3	-13.2	7.3
Malik Beasley	Bench	39	15	41.7	21.3	-3.7	5.7
Greg Monroe	Bench	25	11	58.3	17.7	+27.1	20.1
Jake Layman	Bench	24	6	38.1	14.5	-3.8	7.7
Josh Okogie	Bench	16	5	62.5	13.2	-11.6	7.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	32	5	21.5	20.3	+18.6	4.4
Chris Silva	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-75.0	4.8