Minnesota Timberwolves 136, Boston Celtics 145 — Recap

April 9, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 136, Boston Celtics 145 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 39-25 BOS; Q2 MIN 27-32 BOS; Q3 MIN 31-35 BOS; Q4 MIN 27-32 BOS; OT1 MIN 12-21 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 53 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 16-of-25 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 30 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

53 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 16-25 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

30 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

26 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Jayson Tatum · Season-high 53 pointsKemba Walker · Season-high 9 assists

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	OT		T
MIN	39	27	31	27	12		136
BOS	25	32	35	32	21		145

🧮 How They Scored

MINBOS

56Points in the paint48

17Fast-break points5

9Second-chance points15

24Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.8%Effective FG%64.9%

11.4%Turnover %16.4%

20.0%Offensive rebound %24.3%

0.313Free-throw rate0.391

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	44	11	3	1	2	1	5-12	1-5	0-0	-17
Karl-Anthony Towns C	42	30	12	7	1	6	10-22	4-9	6-6	-4
Anthony Edwards G	40	24	5	5	1	3	7-12	2-6	8-8	-1
Josh Okogie G	37	16	3	1	4	0	6-11	2-4	2-2	-3
D'Angelo Russell G	29	26	4	8	0	2	10-18	3-9	3-4	-10
Ricky Rubio G	23	4	4	7	4	0	1-5	0-3	2-2	+1
Juancho Hernangomez F	19	10	4	0	0	0	3-8	2-3	2-2	-5
Jordan McLaughlin G	15	7	1	1	2	1	2-2	0-0	3-4	-5
Naz Reid F-C	11	8	0	0	0	1	3-6	1-3	1-2	-5
Jarrett Culver G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	44	26	5	3	2	2	5	9-15	4-9	4-4	+5
Jayson Tatum F	41	53	10	4	0	1	5	16-25	6-10	15-16	+5
Marcus Smart G	41	24	6	8	2	0	2	7-12	4-8	6-7	+1
Kemba Walker G	39	17	7	9	2	0	4	5-14	3-10	4-4	+10
Tristan Thompson C-F	28	7	7	1	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	3-3	+5
Robert Williams III C-F	25	6	7	5	0	2	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+7
Grant Williams F	24	0	2	1	2	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+8
Payton Pritchard G	12	7	0	1	1	0	0	3-5	1-2	0-0	+13
Semi Ojeleye F	7	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+2
Romeo Langford G	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-11

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	42	30	60.9	30.3	-3.1	13.6
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	29	26	65.8	29.6	-13.8	16.9
Anthony Edwards	Bench	40	24	77.3	20.0	-2.7	11.4
Josh Okogie	Bench	37	16	67.3	14.1	-0.9	8.8
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	44	11	45.8	12.6	-15.7	1.8
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	19	10	56.3	16.7	-19.4	5.6
Naz Reid	Bench	11	8	58.1	28.6	-21.7	3.7
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	15	7	93.1	13.5	-11.8	10.6
Ricky Rubio	Bench	23	4	34.0	10.7	-2.8	12.2
Jarrett Culver	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	-7.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	41	53	82.7	36.4	+7.0	21.8
Jaylen Brown	Bench	44	26	77.6	21.6	+5.5	8.8
Marcus Smart	Bench	41	24	79.6	17.0	+3.9	12.5
Kemba Walker	Bench	39	17	53.9	21.7	+12.3	10.1
Payton Pritchard	Bench	12	7	70.0	19.2	+50.0	15.6
Tristan Thompson	Bench	28	7	65.8	9.2	+8.3	5.7
Robert Williams III	Bench	25	6	60.0	10.3	+13.5	9.2
Semi Ojeleye	Bench	7	3	50.0	23.5	+7.1	5.7
Romeo Langford	Bench	5	2	33.3	25.0	-86.4	-5.1
Grant Williams	Bench	24	0	0.0	3.8	+17.3	-1.1