Boston Celtics 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 102 — Recap

March 15, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 23-23 MIN; Q2 BOS 21-20 MIN; Q3 BOS 33-28 MIN; Q4 BOS 27-31 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 35 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 28 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 22 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists on 4-of-16 shooting; Kyle Anderson (MIN) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists on 7-of-14 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

35 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

28 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

22 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST · 4-16 FG

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	23	21	33	27		104
MIN	23	20	28	31		102

🧮 How They Scored

BOSMIN

40Points in the paint46

10Fast-break points10

13Second-chance points14

5Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.6%Effective FG%51.2%

8.5%Turnover %12.2%

17.4%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.357Free-throw rate0.262

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	37	35	10	1	1	0	2	12-24	5-8	6-8	+3
Jayson Tatum F	37	22	12	2	2	1	2	4-16	0-8	14-16	-3
Marcus Smart G	35	9	2	5	2	0	3	4-12	0-5	1-2	+5
Al Horford C-F	32	11	3	5	1	2	0	4-8	3-7	0-0	+3
Malcolm Brogdon G	31	12	6	2	0	0	0	4-9	1-3	3-4	-6
Grant Williams F	26	2	4	1	0	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	-4
Derrick White G	25	9	3	4	1	2	0	3-8	3-6	0-0	+11
Blake Griffin F	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Sam Hauser F	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	28	10	7	0	0	3	10-20	5-8	3-5	+5
Kyle Anderson F	36	15	7	8	0	2	2	7-14	0-1	1-1	-8
Jaden McDaniels F	33	14	5	1	1	0	1	5-12	2-7	2-2	-3
Mike Conley G	30	7	5	2	0	0	1	2-7	2-6	1-1	-1
Rudy Gobert C	29	15	6	1	1	0	1	6-8	0-0	3-7	0
Taurean Prince F	20	3	2	1	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	-7
Naz Reid F-C	19	15	6	1	0	0	3	4-9	1-3	6-6	+1
Jordan McLaughlin G	18	5	2	4	1	0	0	2-6	1-3	0-0	-1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	16	0	3	2	0	0	1	0-5	0-5	0-0	+4

🔬 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	37	35	63.6	35.4	+4.2	19.5
Jayson Tatum	Bench	37	22	47.7	29.6	-5.8	12.5
Malcolm Brogdon	Bench	31	12	55.8	16.2	-9.8	17.9
Al Horford	Bench	32	11	68.8	11.6	+4.9	12.8
Marcus Smart	Bench	35	9	34.9	19.0	+5.6	0.4
Derrick White	Bench	25	9	56.3	14.3	+24.1	10.4
Blake Griffin	Bench	15	4	100.0	5.6	-0.5	8.0
Grant Williams	Bench	26	2	20.0	10.0	-7.4	-2.0
Luke Kornet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sam Hauser	Bench	2	0	0.0	16.7	+23.3	-30.8
JD Davison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Muscala	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	38	28	63.1	29.1	+3.7	21.0
Kyle Anderson	Bench	36	15	51.9	19.5	-13.3	11.2
Rudy Gobert	Bench	29	15	67.7	18.5	+4.7	10.6
Naz Reid	Bench	19	15	64.4	31.8	-4.2	17.7
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	33	14	54.3	18.7	-3.1	7.6
Mike Conley	Bench	30	7	47.0	11.9	-1.8	4.0
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	18	5	41.7	14.3	-4.7	17.8
Taurean Prince	Bench	20	3	50.0	8.7	-15.9	-3.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	16	0	0.0	16.2	+8.9	-4.4
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0