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Boston Celtics vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

March 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Celtics 102-92 on 2026-03-22 on the road against the Celtics. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, and Sam Hauser. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Jaden McDaniels, and Ayo Dosunmu. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 15 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Jayson Tatum as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 13 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Ayo Dosunmu as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 92

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick White GS 35:41 15 6 1 3 0 3 1 6-15 1-5 2-2 -12
Jaylen Brown GS 35:16 29 7 4 0 0 3 1 9-26 2-6 9-11 -8
Jayson Tatum GS 30:43 16 11 2 2 0 1 0 6-16 2-7 2-3 -4
Neemias Queta GS 26:57 4 10 1 2 0 0 1 2-5 0-0 0-0 -9
Sam Hauser GS 18:54 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1-4 0-3 0-0 -5
Baylor Scheierman 28:33 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 2-4 1-2 0-0 -16
Payton Pritchard 27:21 10 1 3 1 0 1 1 4-11 2-6 0-0 -11
Luka Garza 17:23 5 6 1 0 0 2 4 2-7 1-3 0-0 -4
Hugo González 13:57 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 0-3 0-1 0-0 +1
Max Shulga 1:45 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 2-2 +6
Charles Bassey 1:45 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 +6
Ron Harper Jr. 1:45 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +6
Totals 92 53 17 9 2 11 13 34-95 9-33 15-18

Did not play: Jordan Walsh (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 102

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 32:40 19 6 3 0 0 2 1 8-18 3-7 0-0 -3
Ayo Dosunmu GS 32:11 17 8 6 1 2 2 3 7-13 2-4 1-1 +8
Donte DiVincenzo GS 30:41 8 2 2 1 0 2 1 3-9 2-7 0-0 +5
Julius Randle GS 29:08 9 9 4 2 0 3 3 3-14 1-4 2-4 -4
Rudy Gobert GS 26:18 9 14 1 1 4 0 1 3-5 0-0 3-4 -10
Bones Hyland 29:26 23 3 3 1 0 1 1 8-14 3-7 4-4 +26
Naz Reid 25:40 11 7 0 0 1 2 3 4-12 1-4 2-2 +26
Kyle Anderson 15:59 6 4 3 1 0 1 2 3-5 0-0 0-0 +12
Jaylen Clark 12:29 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +6
Zyon Pullin 1:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Joan Beringer 1:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Terrence Shannon Jr. 1:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Julian Phillips 1:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 102 56 24 7 7 14 16 39-91 12-33 12-15

Did not play: Mike Conley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Derrick White Ayo Dosunmu: 29 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Donte DiVincenzo: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylen Brown Jaden McDaniels: 22 poss., 11 pts (5/9) · Ayo Dosunmu: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/4)
Jayson Tatum Julius Randle: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jaden McDaniels: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Payton Pritchard Bones Hyland: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Donte DiVincenzo: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman Naz Reid: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bones Hyland: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta Rudy Gobert: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kyle Anderson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Rudy Gobert: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Sam Hauser Donte DiVincenzo: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bones Hyland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González Naz Reid: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bones Hyland: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Charles Bassey Joan Beringer: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Shulga Julian Phillips: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zyon Pullin: 1 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr. Jaylen Clark: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaden McDaniels Jayson Tatum: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Brown: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Ayo Dosunmu Jaylen Brown: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Derrick White: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Donte DiVincenzo Derrick White: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bones Hyland Payton Pritchard: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Julius Randle Jayson Tatum: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Rudy Gobert Neemias Queta: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid Baylor Scheierman: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Anderson Neemias Queta: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Garza: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark Jaylen Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips Baylor Scheierman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Shulga: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Charles Bassey: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr Hugo González: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zyon Pullin Max Shulga: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)