National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 117,
Minnesota 109
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 8, 2018
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #29 Mark Lindsay, #28 Kevin Scott
Attendance: 18978
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #29 Mark Lindsay, #28 Kevin Scott
Attendance: 18978
Final Scoring Summary
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kyrie Irving - G | 29:36 | 9-15 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| Jaylen Brown - G | 28:09 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Al Horford - F | 34:14 | 8-14 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Jayson Tatum - F | 22:11 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 3-4 | -11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Aron Baynes - C | 10:28 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Marcus Smart | 32:56 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 5-9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Marcus Morris | 32:35 | 7-15 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Terry Rozier | 24:19 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Daniel Theis | 9:34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Monroe | 9:09 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Semi Ojeleye | 6:49 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Larkin | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Abdel Nader | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 43-87 | 11-32 | 20-27 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 117 | |
| 49.4% | 34.4% | 74.1% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Andrew Wiggins - G | 38:23 | 6-21 | 1-8 | 0-0 | -11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Jeff Teague - G | 31:14 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Nemanja Bjelica - F | 40:21 | 11-16 | 6-9 | 2-2 | -3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
| Taj Gibson - F | 35:48 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 37:57 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 5-8 | -11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Crawford | 23:44 | 7-16 | 1-6 | 0-0 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Tyus Jones | 16:46 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 15:47 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cole Aldrich | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Brooks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Georges-Hunt | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Derrick Rose | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 44-94 | 12-31 | 9-13 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 109 | |
| 46.8% | 38.7% | 69.2% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| BOS | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| Boston | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 14 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| Points in the Paint | 32 | Points in the Paint | 54 |
| Biggest Lead | 18 | Biggest Lead | 4 |