Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Boston Celtics 134 — Recap

March 27, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Boston Celtics 134. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 30-34 BOS; Q2 MIN 19-38 BOS; Q3 MIN 31-34 BOS; Q4 MIN 32-28 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 34 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 31 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 15 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

34 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

31 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

24 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 9-16 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
MIN	30	19	31	32		112
BOS	34	38	34	28		134

🧮 How They Scored

MINBOS

54Points in the paint56

15Fast-break points18

8Second-chance points19

15Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.9%Effective FG%66.1%

13.6%Turnover %11.9%

10.3%Offensive rebound %27.8%

0.143Free-throw rate0.241

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	24	5	6	1	0	5	9-16	5-9	1-1	-14
Karl-Anthony Towns C	35	19	4	5	1	0	3	8-15	1-3	2-4	-16
D'Angelo Russell G	31	4	1	6	2	0	2	1-6	0-3	2-2	-19
Jaylen Nowell G	27	13	2	2	0	1	0	5-8	2-3	1-1	-16
Taurean Prince F	25	10	4	0	1	1	0	4-10	2-6	0-0	-19
Patrick Beverley G	24	7	4	1	1	0	1	3-7	1-4	0-0	-8
Jarred Vanderbilt F	18	11	4	0	0	0	0	5-7	0-0	1-2	-2
Jordan McLaughlin G	17	6	0	2	1	1	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-7
Naz Reid F-C	9	6	3	1	0	0	1	2-3	1-1	1-2	-5
Nathan Knight F-C	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	-1
Josh Okogie G	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-1
Leandro Bolmaro F	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Jake Layman F	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-1

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	35	31	10	2	0	0	1	12-20	3-5	4-4	+6
Jayson Tatum F	34	34	5	6	1	1	3	12-21	5-11	5-5	+34
Derrick White G	30	15	2	6	1	0	4	4-6	2-4	5-5	+11
Grant Williams F	28	7	3	0	0	1	0	2-5	1-3	2-2	+5
Marcus Smart G	27	7	3	7	2	0	4	3-9	1-6	0-0	+18
Robert Williams III C-F	24	13	10	0	1	1	0	6-7	0-0	1-1	+7
Payton Pritchard G	21	11	2	5	0	1	0	4-7	3-5	0-0	+6
Daniel Theis F	18	4	6	0	1	0	1	2-5	0-1	0-0	+17
Aaron Nesmith G-F	16	6	4	1	1	1	0	2-4	0-2	2-4	+8
Sam Hauser F	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	-1
Luke Kornet F-C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	24	73.0	26.6	-18.4	13.3
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	35	19	56.7	27.0	-18.9	8.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	27	13	77.0	14.3	-24.6	11.2
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	18	11	69.8	18.6	-7.8	12.8
Taurean Prince	Bench	25	10	50.0	18.9	-31.1	6.3
Patrick Beverley	Bench	24	7	50.0	14.8	-18.1	5.7
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	17	6	75.0	13.5	-20.0	5.6
Naz Reid	Bench	9	6	77.3	25.0	-12.3	5.8
Nathan Knight	Bench	4	5	125.0	22.2	-12.5	22.8
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	31	4	29.1	13.0	-26.7	2.6
Josh Okogie	Bench	4	3	75.0	22.2	-12.5	7.0
Jake Layman	Bench	4	2	33.3	44.4	-12.5	-3.5
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	4	2	100.0	11.1	-12.5	17.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	34	34	73.3	30.1	+42.5	20.4
Jaylen Brown	Bench	35	31	71.2	29.1	+6.9	20.7
Derrick White	Bench	30	15	91.5	17.4	+15.6	11.6
Robert Williams III	Bench	24	13	87.4	12.5	+12.1	16.9
Payton Pritchard	Bench	21	11	78.6	14.9	+14.0	16.2
Marcus Smart	Bench	27	7	38.9	19.7	+29.2	4.2
Grant Williams	Bench	28	7	59.5	8.8	+6.4	2.4
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	16	6	52.1	16.2	+20.1	6.9
Sam Hauser	Bench	4	6	150.0	28.6	-14.3	21.8
Daniel Theis	Bench	18	4	40.0	13.3	+39.1	1.2
Luke Kornet	Bench	4	0	0.0	14.3	-14.3	-3.6