Celtics (103) vs Timberwolves (108) · Dec 27, 2021 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Dec 27, 2021

16-18BostonCeltics

103

16-17MinnesotaT-wolves

108

Game Recap

The Timberwolves defeated the Celtics, 108-103. Jaylen Nowell led the Timberwolves with a career-high 29 points (6-9 3pt FG), while Greg Monroe added 11 points, nine rebounds and six assists in the victory. Jaylen Brown tallied 26 points and ten rebounds for the Celtics in the losing effort. The Timberwolves improve to 16-17 on the season, while the Celtics fall to 16-18.

Box Score

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

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
7Jaylen BrownSF	39	8-24	2-8	8-13	10	4	0	1	6	3	26	+11
42Al HorfordPF	34	6-11	4-8	0-0	9	6	1	1	1	1	16	+10
44Robert Williams IIIC	21	3-6	0-0	2-2	11	0	1	4	1	5	8	-17
9Romeo LangfordSG	36	2-9	0-4	2-4	3	3	4	3	0	0	6	-32
11Payton PritchardPG	44	8-22	5-14	3-3	8	6	1	0	2	4	24	+1
41Juancho Hernangomez	15	0-3	0-2	2-2	3	1	0	1	0	2	2	-3
12Grant Williams	27	4-7	3-5	4-4	6	1	1	0	3	1	15	+5
20Jabari Parker	9	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	-5
30Sam Hauser	10	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	+5
5Al-Farouq Aminu	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Joe Johnson	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Norvel Pelle	— did not play —												— did not play —
97Brodric Thomas	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		33-8937.1%	16-4734.0%	21-2875.0%	53	23	8	10	14	16	103

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
20Josh OkogieSF	15	2-4	1-2	0-0	3	0	0	2	1	1	5	-2
3Jaden McDanielsPF	36	6-14	2-7	3-3	5	2	1	0	2	3	17	-10
13Nathan KnightC	29	8-11	2-2	2-3	11	4	1	1	2	5	20	+13
5Malik BeasleySG	39	6-18	3-10	0-0	8	2	0	0	2	1	15	-3
6Jordan McLaughlinPG	32	1-9	0-1	3-6	6	10	1	0	4	1	5	+15
10Jake Layman	23	2-7	0-3	2-2	4	3	1	1	0	1	6	-3
4Jaylen Nowell	34	10-18	6-9	3-4	6	3	1	0	1	2	29	+8
30Chris Silva	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
15Greg Monroe	25	5-9	0-0	1-1	9	6	2	1	2	3	11	+13
9Leandro Bolmaro	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Rayjon Tucker	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL		40-9044.4%	14-3441.2%	14-1973.7%	53	30	7	5	14	17	108

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterbosmin

(11:56) Jump Ball Knight vs. Williams III: Tip to Brown
+2 (11:42) Williams III 2' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Horford 1 AST)
20
(11:17) MISS Knight 4' Driving Layup
(11:16) Williams III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:03) Pritchard 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Horford 2 AST)
50
(10:56) Williams III S.FOUL (P1.T1) (M.Boland)
+1 (10:56) McLaughlin Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
51
(10:56) MISS McLaughlin Free Throw 2 of 2
(10:54) Williams III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:38) Horford 10' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS)
71
(10:24) Okogie Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:24) Langford STEAL (1 STL)
(10:17) MISS Brown 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:14) Knight REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:02) MISS Knight 1' Driving Layup
(10:00) Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:54) MISS Langford 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(9:49) Okogie REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:48) MISS Beasley 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:45) Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:35) Horford 3 Second Violation Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:24) MISS Beasley 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:19) Langford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:08) Langford 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
91
(9:01) Pritchard S.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Lindsay)
+1 (9:01) Knight Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
92
(9:01) MISS Knight Free Throw 2 of 2
(8:59) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:50) MISS Pritchard 12' Pullup Jump Shot
(8:46) Williams III REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(8:39) MISS Horford 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:37) Langford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:36) Langford Tip Layup Shot (4 PTS)
112
(8:22) MISS Knight 5' Driving Layup
(8:22) Williams III BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:22) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
+3 (8:20) Beasley 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (McLaughlin 1 AST)
115
(8:06) MISS Langford 6' Driving Layup
(8:06) Celtics Rebound
(8:00) MISS Brown 7' Driving Hook Shot
(8:00) Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:56) MISS Brown 6' Putback Layup
(7:56) Okogie BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:56) Williams III REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(7:49) MISS Pritchard 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:47) Okogie REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (7:38) McDaniels 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Knight 1 AST)
118
(7:15) MISS Williams III 8' Hook Shot
(7:11) McLaughlin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:10) McLaughlin Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:10) Langford STEAL (2 STL)
(7:06) MISS Brown 8' Fadeaway Jumper
(7:01) Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(7:01) MISS Horford Tip Layup Shot
(7:00) McLaughlin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:57) MISS McDaniels 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:54) Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(6:47) MISS Pritchard 8' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(6:44) Layman REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:39) MISS Beasley 29' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(6:34) Williams III REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(6:25) MISS Williams III 18' Jump Shot
(6:25) Knight REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:15) McDaniels Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(6:15) TIMBERWOLVES Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(5:57) MISS Williams 17' Step Back Jump Shot
(5:53) Knight REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (5:41) Knight Layup (3 PTS) (Layman 1 AST)
1110
(5:41) Williams III S.FOUL (P2.T3) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (5:41) Knight Free Throw 1 of 1 (4 PTS)
1111
(5:30) TIMBERWOLVES T.Foul (Def. 3 Sec Knight ) (M.Lindsay)
+1 (5:30) Pritchard Free Throw Technical (4 PTS)
1211
(5:16) MISS Pritchard 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(5:14) Layman REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:09) MISS Layman 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(5:07) Knight REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (4:58) Beasley 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Knight 2 AST)
1214
(4:41) MISS Langford 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:39) McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (4:33) Nowell 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Layman 2 AST)
1217
(4:32) Celtics Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+3 (4:14) Williams 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brown 2 AST)
1517
(3:46) MISS Nowell 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(3:44) Williams REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:37) MISS Horford 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:34) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:32) Beasley S.FOUL (P1.T1) (M.Lindsay)
+1 (3:32) Brown Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1617
+1 (3:32) Brown Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1717
(3:17) MISS Beasley 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(3:15) Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(3:15) McDaniels P.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Lindsay)
+2 (3:00) Horford 10' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1917
+2 (2:44) Layman 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (McDaniels 1 AST)
1919
(2:28) MISS Brown 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:26) McDaniels REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(2:21) MISS Beasley 2' Running Layup
(2:21) Horford BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:21) Pritchard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:11) Pritchard 29' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Hernangomez 1 AST)
2219
+2 (1:56) McDaniels 19' Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Beasley 1 AST)
2221
(1:45) McDaniels S.FOUL (P2.T3) (M.Boland)
+1 (1:45) Hernangomez Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2321
+1 (1:45) Hernangomez Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2421
(1:28) MISS Layman 9' Driving Layup
(1:28) Hernangomez BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:25) Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
+3 (1:13) Horford 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Pritchard 1 AST)
2721
(1:00) MISS Layman 3PT Jump Shot
(0:58) Hernangomez REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:42) MISS Hernangomez 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:40) Silva REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:34) MISS Nowell 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(0:31) Pritchard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:14) Pritchard Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(0:14) McLaughlin STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:09) Okogie Running Layup (2 PTS) (McLaughlin 2 AST)
2723
(0:04) Okogie S.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (0:04) Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
2823
+1 (0:04) Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
2923
(0:00) MISS McLaughlin 12' Running Layup
(0:00) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

MIN

103Points108

33-89(37.1%)Field Goal(%)40-90(44.4%)

16-47(34.0%)3-Point(%)14-34(41.2%)

21-28(75.0%)Free Throw(%)14-19(73.7%)

53(15)Rebounds(Offensive)53(11)

23Assists30

8Steals7

10Blocks5

14Turnovers14

16Fouls17

26Pts In The Paint50

3Fast Break Pts19

11Pts Off Turnovers10

23Bench Pts46

12Largest Lead10

Game Details

Monday, December 27, 2021 · 8:00 PM

Target Center · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 15,962 (82.5%)