Minnesota Timberwolves @ Boston Celtics
43-33, 18-20 Away
112
43-33, 18-20 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 30 | 19 | 31 | 32 | 112 |
BOS | 34 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 134 |
47-28, 26-12 Home
134
47-28, 26-12 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 13-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Marcus Smart misses two point shot
- Jaylen Brown makes tip shot
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes 1-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Marcus Smart makes driving layup
- Robert Williams III blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 5-foot driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk
- Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Jaylen Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot
- Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses 12-foot two point shot
- Jayson Tatum makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jayson Tatum blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 5-foot driving layup
- Marcus Smart makes 2-foot dunk
- D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum misses 11-foot two point shot
- Robert Williams III makes dunk
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot
- Jaylen Brown misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
- Marcus Smart misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Robert Williams III makes 3-foot dunk
- Robert Williams III makes free throw 1 of 1
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Brown misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot
- Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
- Grant Williams blocks Anthony Edwards 's 4-foot driving layup
- Jordan McLaughlin blocks Jaylen Brown's two point shot
- Taurean Prince misses three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot driving dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Daniel Theis makes 14-foot jumper (Derrick White assists)
- Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot
- Jaylen Nowell makes free throw 1 of 1
- Payton Pritchard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Taurean Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Taurean Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Payton Pritchard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jaylen Nowell makes 13-foot two point shot
- Derrick White makes three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Derrick White makes two point shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
- Derrick White makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jordan McLaughlin misses two point shot
- Naz Reid makes tip shot
- Derrick White makes free throw 1 of 2
- Derrick White makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
- Jayson Tatum misses jumper
- Payton Pritchard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Jayson Tatum makes 16-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Daniel Theis misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Nesmith makes layup (Payton Pritchard assists)
- Payton Pritchard blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 8-foot driving layup
- Aaron Nesmith misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jayson Tatum makes technical free throw
- Aaron Nesmith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Daniel Theis misses dunk
- Payton Pritchard misses 27-foot three point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot two point shot
- Daniel Theis misses two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 1
- Derrick White makes driving layup
- Grant Williams misses three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes free throw 2 of 2
- Grant Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
- Grant Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- Patrick Beverley makes 7-foot two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Jaylen Nowell blocks Robert Williams III's driving layup
- Jaylen Nowell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Grant Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses driving floating jump shot
- Derrick White misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes driving layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Taurean Prince misses driving layup
- Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
- Jaylen Nowell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Grant Williams misses dunk
- Robert Williams III makes two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes 16-foot two point shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Patrick Beverley makes 10-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Robert Williams III makes layup (Jaylen Brown assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jayson Tatum makes 3-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
- Jayson Tatum makes two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 28-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes 22-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three pointer
- Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Robert Williams III makes two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three pointer
- Jayson Tatum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes 1-foot dunk
- Jayson Tatum misses driving floating jump shot
- Robert Williams III makes two point shot
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes 8-foot two point shot
- Jordan McLaughlin makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes two point shot
- Patrick Beverley misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince blocks Jaylen Brown 's 5-foot driving layup
- Taurean Prince makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jayson Tatum misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- Derrick White makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Taurean Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes dunk
- Daniel Theis blocks Taurean Prince's dunk
- Daniel Theis makes dunk (Derrick White assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Taurean Prince makes 3-foot dunk
- Jayson Tatum makes technical free throw
- Aaron Nesmith misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan McLaughlin makes driving floating jump shot
- Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three pointer
- Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jaylen Nowell makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- Aaron Nesmith misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Jaylen Brown misses driving floating jump shot
- Derrick White misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
- Aaron Nesmith makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Nesmith misses free throw 2 of 2
- Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Brown makes 25-foot three pointer
- Taurean Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
- Payton Pritchard misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Aaron Nesmith makes two point shot (Derrick White assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 13-foot two point shot
- Payton Pritchard makes jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 2-foot driving dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jaylen Brown misses 20-foot two point shot
- Taurean Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes layup (Derrick White assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
- Jayson Tatum misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards makes three point jumper
- Derrick White makes free throw 1 of 2
- Derrick White makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jake Layman misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nathan Knight makes driving layup
- Payton Pritchard misses driving layup
- Josh Okogie misses driving layup
- Josh Okogie makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jake Layman assists)
- Grant Williams makes 1-foot layup (Aaron Nesmith assists)
- Nathan Knight makes 28-foot three point jumper (Leandro Bolmaro assists)
- Sam Hauser makes 25-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
- Jake Layman misses driving floating jump shot
- Sam Hauser makes three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
- Grant Williams makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Payton Pritchard assists)
- Leandro Bolmaro makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Luke Kornet misses 1-foot two point shot
- Jake Layman makes dunk (Leandro Bolmaro assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | MIN | BOS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Robert Williams III (Jarred Vanderbilt gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:45 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses 13-foot two point shot | 0 | 0 |
| 11:43 | | Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:36 | | D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot pullup jump shot | 0 | 0 |
| 11:32 | | Marcus Smart defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:16 | | Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 11:13 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:07 | | Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 0 | 0 |
| 11:04 | | Jayson Tatum defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:00 | | Marcus Smart misses two point shot | 0 | 0 |
| 10:55 | | Jaylen Brown offensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 10:55 | | Jaylen Brown makes tip shot | 0 | 2 |
| 10:51 | | Jarred Vanderbilt makes 1-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 2 | 2 |
| 10:41 | | Marcus Smart makes driving layup | 2 | 4 |
| 10:25 | | Robert Williams III blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 5-foot driving layup | 2 | 4 |
| 10:23 | | Timberwolves offensive team rebound | 2 | 4 |
| 10:19 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk | 4 | 4 |
| 10:01 | | Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper | 4 | 4 |
| 9:58 | | Timberwolves defensive team rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 9:52 | | Anthony Edwards out of bounds bad pass turnover | 4 | 4 |
| 9:47 | | Jaylen Brown makes layup (Marcus Smart assists) | 4 | 6 |
| 9:32 | | Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists) | 6 | 6 |
| 9:20 | | Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists) | 6 | 9 |
| 9:03 | | Jarred Vanderbilt makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists) | 8 | 9 |
| 8:54 | | Jarred Vanderbilt kicked ball violation | 8 | 9 |
| 8:50 | | Jaylen Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper | 8 | 9 |
| 8:47 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 8 | 9 |
| 8:43 | | Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot | 8 | 9 |
| 8:41 | | Jaylen Brown defensive rebound | 8 | 9 |
| 8:33 | | Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper | 8 | 9 |
| 8:31 | | Anthony Edwards defensive rebound | 8 | 9 |
| 8:31 | | Marcus Smart personal take foul | 8 | 9 |
| 8:23 | | Jarred Vanderbilt misses 12-foot two point shot | 8 | 9 |
| 8:21 | | Jaylen Brown defensive rebound | 8 | 9 |
| 8:13 | | Jayson Tatum makes layup (Marcus Smart assists) | 8 | 11 |
| 8:00 | | Jayson Tatum blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 5-foot driving layup | 8 | 11 |
| 7:58 | | Celtics defensive team rebound | 8 | 11 |
| 7:48 | | Jaylen Brown out of bounds bad pass turnover | 8 | 11 |
| 7:39 | | D'Angelo Russell bad pass (Marcus Smart steals) | 8 | 11 |
| 7:35 | | Marcus Smart makes 2-foot dunk | 8 | 13 |
| 7:28 | | D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point jumper | 8 | 13 |
| 7:26 | | Jaylen Brown defensive rebound | 8 | 13 |
| 7:19 | | Jayson Tatum misses 11-foot two point shot | 8 | 13 |
| 7:18 | | Robert Williams III offensive rebound | 8 | 13 |
| 7:18 | | Robert Williams III makes dunk | 8 | 15 |
| 7:11 | | Timberwolves Full timeout | 8 | 15 |
| 7:01 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 11 | 15 |
| 6:41 | | Marcus Smart bad pass (D'Angelo Russell steals) | 11 | 15 |
| 6:36 | | D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper | 11 | 15 |
| 6:33 | | Jaylen Brown defensive rebound | 11 | 15 |
| 6:16 | | Jayson Tatum bad pass (Patrick Beverley steals) | 11 | 15 |
| 6:11 | | Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper | 11 | 15 |
| 6:06 | | Robert Williams III defensive rebound | 11 | 15 |
| 5:58 | | Jayson Tatum makes 25-foot step back jumpshot | 11 | 18 |
| 5:39 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot | 13 | 18 |
| 5:16 | | Jaylen Brown misses 22-foot pullup jump shot | 13 | 18 |
| 5:13 | | Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound | 13 | 18 |
| 5:05 | | D'Angelo Russell makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot | 15 | 18 |
| 5:05 | | Robert Williams III defensive goaltending violation | 15 | 18 |
| 4:51 | | Marcus Smart misses 24-foot three point jumper | 15 | 18 |
| 4:47 | | Robert Williams III offensive rebound | 15 | 18 |
| 4:45 | | Robert Williams III makes 3-foot dunk | 15 | 20 |
| 4:45 | | Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul | 15 | 20 |
| 4:45 | | Derrick White enters the game for Jayson Tatum | 15 | 20 |
| 4:45 | | Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for D'Angelo Russell | 15 | 20 |
| 4:45 | | Robert Williams III makes free throw 1 of 1 | 15 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | Robert Williams III defensive rebound | 16 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | Grant Williams shooting foul | 15 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2 | 16 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | Taurean Prince enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt | 16 | 21 |
| 4:33 | | Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 2 of 2 | 16 | 21 |
| 4:12 | | Jaylen Brown misses 19-foot pullup jump shot | 16 | 21 |
| 4:08 | | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 16 | 21 |
| 4:02 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists) | 18 | 21 |
| 3:47 | | Derrick White bad pass (Jordan McLaughlin steals) | 18 | 21 |
| 3:45 | | Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot | 20 | 21 |
| 3:45 | | Celtics Full timeout | 20 | 21 |
| 3:45 | | Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Patrick Beverley | 20 | 21 |
| 3:33 | | Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists) | 20 | 24 |
| 3:15 | | Robert Williams III personal foul | 20 | 24 |
| 3:15 | | Daniel Theis enters the game for Robert Williams III | 20 | 24 |
| 3:09 | | Grant Williams blocks Anthony Edwards 's 4-foot driving layup | 20 | 24 |
| 3:07 | | Grant Williams defensive rebound | 20 | 24 |
| 3:05 | | Jordan McLaughlin blocks Jaylen Brown's two point shot | 20 | 24 |
| 3:03 | | Anthony Edwards defensive rebound | 20 | 24 |
| 2:43 | | Taurean Prince misses three point jumper | 20 | 24 |
| 2:40 | | Grant Williams defensive rebound | 20 | 24 |
| 2:33 | | Marcus Smart bad pass (Karl-Anthony Towns steals) | 20 | 24 |
| 2:31 | | Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass (Marcus Smart steals) | 20 | 24 |
| 2:27 | | Jaylen Brown makes dunk (Marcus Smart assists) | 20 | 26 |
| 2:23 | | Marcus Smart personal foul | 20 | 26 |
| 2:23 | | Payton Pritchard enters the game for Marcus Smart | 20 | 26 |
| 2:23 | | D'Angelo Russell enters the game for Anthony Edwards | 20 | 26 |
| 2:14 | | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot driving dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists) | 22 | 26 |
| 2:11 | | Timberwolves delay of game violation | 22 | 26 |
| 1:54 | | Daniel Theis makes 14-foot jumper (Derrick White assists) | 22 | 28 |
| 1:44 | | Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot | 24 | 28 |
| 1:44 | | Daniel Theis shooting foul | 24 | 28 |
| 1:44 | | Jayson Tatum enters the game for Jaylen Brown | 24 | 28 |
| 1:44 | | Jaylen Nowell makes free throw 1 of 1 | 25 | 28 |
| 1:34 | | Payton Pritchard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists) | 25 | 31 |
| 1:13 | | Taurean Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists) | 28 | 31 |
| 59.4 | | Jayson Tatum bad pass (D'Angelo Russell steals) | 28 | 31 |
| 55.2 | | Taurean Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper | 28 | 31 |
| 52.3 | | Daniel Theis defensive rebound | 28 | 31 |
| 40.1 | | Payton Pritchard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists) | 28 | 34 |
| 32.1 | | D'Angelo Russell bad pass (Daniel Theis steals) | 28 | 34 |
| 12.2 | | Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot | 28 | 34 |
| 9.1 | | Celtics offensive team rebound | 28 | 34 |
| 4.7 | | Karl-Anthony Towns personal foul | 28 | 34 |
| 4.7 | | Derrick White out of bounds bad pass turnover | 28 | 34 |
| 1.0 | | Jaylen Nowell makes 13-foot two point shot | 30 | 34 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 30 | 34 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Boston, MA
Referee:Ben Taylor
Referee:Gediminas Petraitis
Referee:Jonathan Sterling
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 40 | 12 | .769 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 33 | 19 | .635 | 7 | L3 |
| Minnesota | 32 | 20 | .615 | 8 | W1 |
| Portland | 23 | 28 | .451 | 16.5 | L6 |
| Utah | 16 | 35 | .314 | 23.5 | W1 |
Eastern Conference
| Atlantic | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 33 | 18 | .647 | - | W8 |
| Boston | 33 | 18 | .647 | - | W4 |
| Philadelphia | 29 | 21 | .580 | 3.5 | W5 |
| Toronto | 30 | 22 | .577 | 3.5 | L1 |
| Brooklyn | 13 | 36 | .265 | 19 | L2 |
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