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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Boston Celtics

November 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Celtics 119-115 on 2025-11-29 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 20 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Julius Randle as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 17 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Jaylen Brown as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 37:16 39 2 5 0 1 0 3 12-24 5-11 10-11 -1
Donte DiVincenzo GS 34:10 15 3 8 1 0 1 2 5-9 4-7 1-2 +10
Julius Randle GS 32:04 16 9 6 0 0 4 0 6-13 3-8 1-2 -8
Rudy Gobert GS 30:06 12 8 3 0 0 0 1 5-6 0-0 2-3 +15
Jaden McDaniels GS 25:46 8 4 3 1 1 2 6 3-8 2-4 0-0 +24
Naz Reid 28:08 10 8 2 1 2 3 1 4-9 2-6 0-0 +4
Mike Conley 17:29 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 2-2 2-2 0-0 -5
Terrence Shannon Jr. 17:26 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 3-7 2-5 2-2 -5
Jaylen Clark 11:49 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-3 0-0 -10
Rob Dillingham 5:46 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -4
Totals 119 37 31 3 4 14 16 41-83 21-48 16-20

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bones Hyland (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylen Brown GS 39:21 41 6 7 5 1 4 3 17-32 5-11 2-4 +1
Derrick White GS 38:50 16 1 5 0 2 1 1 6-16 2-8 2-3 +4
Payton Pritchard GS 30:55 9 5 4 1 1 0 0 4-14 1-8 0-0 -12
Neemias Queta GS 28:47 19 18 0 0 2 2 4 7-8 0-0 5-8 0
Jordan Walsh GS 19:50 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0-2 0-2 0-0 +1
Sam Hauser 29:39 14 6 4 1 1 0 4 5-12 4-10 0-0 +10
Anfernee Simons 17:39 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2-4 1-1 0-0 +3
Josh Minott 16:12 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 2-3 1-1 0-0 -1
Baylor Scheierman 13:39 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 1-4 1-4 0-0 -13
Luka Garza 5:07 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -13
Totals 115 43 24 10 7 10 21 45-96 16-46 9-15

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hugo González (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

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.

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Jordan Walsh: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Derrick White: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Donte DiVincenzo Payton Pritchard: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Julius Randle Jaylen Brown: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Neemias Queta: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Rudy Gobert Neemias Queta: 32 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jaylen Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden McDaniels Derrick White: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jaylen Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naz Reid Jaylen Brown: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Mike Conley Anfernee Simons: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr Sam Hauser: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jaylen Clark Derrick White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rob Dillingham Baylor Scheierman: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaylen Brown Anthony Edwards: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Derrick White Donte DiVincenzo: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Anthony Edwards: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Sam Hauser Naz Reid: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Julius Randle: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Payton Pritchard Jaden McDaniels: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta Rudy Gobert: 28 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh Julius Randle: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons Mike Conley: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Anthony Edwards: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott Naz Reid: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman Julius Randle: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Luka Garza Rudy Gobert: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)