National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 118,
Minnesota 115
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, January 2, 2025
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #15 Zach Zarba, #12 CJ Washington, #88 Matt Kallio
Attendance: 18978
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #15 Zach Zarba, #12 CJ Washington, #88 Matt Kallio
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 |
| Jrue Holiday - G | 38:59 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Derrick White - G | 36:51 | 10-20 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| Jayson Tatum - F | 38:09 | 13-27 | 6-17 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| Sam Hauser - F | 27:18 | 5-11 | 5-11 | 0-0 | -10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Al Horford - C | 34:49 | 4-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Payton Pritchard | 24:42 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Neemias Queta | 21:30 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Luke Kornet | 11:09 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jordan Walsh | 6:33 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Peterson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jaden Springer | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Xavier Tillman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jaylen Brown | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 46-92 | 22-57 | 4-6 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 118 | |
| 50.0% | 38.6% | 66.7% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 4 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Edwards - G | 36:13 | 5-16 | 2-9 | 3-4 | -10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Mike Conley - G | 18:58 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Julius Randle - F | 39:10 | 9-16 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Jaden McDaniels - F | 35:26 | 6-12 | 4-8 | 3-3 | -6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Rudy Gobert - C | 27:50 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Donte DiVincenzo | 28:35 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-3 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Naz Reid | 25:33 | 6-11 | 4-5 | 4-4 | -4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 16:56 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Josh Minott | 11:19 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Joe Ingles | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Leonard Miller | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Daishen Nix | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Terrence Shannon Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-74 | 21-39 | 20-22 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 115 | |
| 50.0% | 53.8% | 90.9% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| BOS | Jayson Tatum |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| Boston | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 5 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 28 |
| Biggest Lead | 14 | Biggest Lead | 9 |