Game ID: 22500293
Boston Celtics @ Minnesota Timberwolves
Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIN 32 27 35 25 119BOS 36 33 23 23 115
BOS @ MIN ScoutingBOS @ MIN Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
MIN availability going into 11/19 · 1 day's restOUT Shannon Jr. missed 7 since 11/05, out tonight
MIN availability going into 11/21 · 1 day's restOUT Shannon Jr. missed 8 since 11/05, out tonight
NEW Clark 13 to 18 min over the last 5
MIN availability going into 11/24 · 2 days' restOUT Shannon Jr. missed 9 since 11/05, returns tonight: 7 min (52% of 14)
MIN availability going into 11/26 · 1 day's restOUT Hyland missed 2 since 11/21, out tonight
BACK Shannon Jr. back 11/24 after 9, 7 min since (52% of 14)
MIN availability going into 11/29 · 2 days' restOUT Hyland missed 3 since 11/21, out tonight
BACK Shannon Jr. back 11/24 after 9, 12 min since (86% of 14)
MIN availability going into 11/30 · back-to-backOUT Hyland missed 4 since 11/21, returns tonight: 2 min (9% of 16)
BACK Shannon Jr. back 11/24 after 9, 14 min since (98% of 14)
MIN availability going into 12/02 · 1 day's restBACK Hyland back 11/30 after 4, 2 min since (9% of 16)
BACK Shannon Jr. back 11/24 after 9, 13 min since (95% of 14)
MIN availability going into 12/04 · 1 day's restBACK Hyland back 11/30 after 4, 2 min since (9% of 16)
BACK Shannon Jr. back 11/24 after 9, 12 min since (87% of 14)
NEW Edwards 35 to 40 min over the last 5
MIN availability going into 12/06 · 1 day's restOUT Hyland missed 2 since 12/02, out tonight
BOS availability going into 11/18 · 1 day's restBACK Scheierman back 11/12 after 3, 15 min since (82% of 18)
BACK Boucher back 11/12 after 4, 13 min since (122% of 10)
NEW Walsh 17 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/21 · 2 days' restOUT González missed 2 since 11/16, returns tonight: 5 min (37% of 14)
OUT Boucher missed 2 since 11/16, out tonight
BACK Scheierman back 11/12 after 3, 14 min since (79% of 18)
NEW Walsh 17 to 23 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/23 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 3 since 11/16, returns tonight: 14 min (136% of 10)
BACK Scheierman back 11/12 after 3, 14 min since (75% of 18)
BACK González back 11/21 after 2, 5 min since (37% of 14)
NEW Walsh 17 to 23 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/26 · 2 days' restBACK Scheierman back 11/12 after 3, 13 min since (70% of 18)
BACK González back 11/21 after 2, 7 min since (51% of 14)
BACK Boucher back 11/12 after 4, 14 min since (129% of 10)
BOS availability going into 11/29 · 2 days' restBACK González back 11/21 after 2, 7 min since (49% of 14)
BACK Boucher back 11/23 after 3, 14 min since (136% of 10)
NEW Walsh 17 to 24 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/30 · back-to-backOUT Boucher missed 2 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK González back 11/21 after 2, 7 min since (49% of 14)
BOS availability going into 12/02 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 3 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK González back 11/21 after 2, 7 min since (50% of 14)
NEW Walsh 17 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/04 · 1 day's restOUT Garza missed 2 since 11/30, returns tonight: 8 min (53% of 16)
OUT Boucher missed 4 since 11/26, out tonight
NEW Walsh 17 to 26 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/05 · back-to-backOUT Boucher missed 5 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/04 after 2, 8 min since (53% of 16)
NEW Walsh 17 to 27 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Minnesota comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 110, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 30 free throws a game; Edwards at 29 and Randle at 18 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Hyland (3 straight). 2 days' rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 115, shooting 49 percent and 42 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and Pritchard at 20 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Minnesota wins, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 42 percent from three to Minnesota's 35 and the line, where Minnesota takes 30 free throws a game to Boston's 21. Call it Minnesota 115, Boston 112, Boston keeping it close.
11/19 vs WAS 120-109 — MIN notes
MIN won 120-109. MIN shot 45% (42 of 94) to WAS's 49%, 13 of 38 from three, and went to the line 32 times to WAS's 12 — 23 points from the stripe to their 9. MIN turned it over 9 times to WAS's 17. Randle led with 32 (11 of 19, 1 of 4 from three, 9 of 13 at the line); Reid added 28, Edwards 18. The hinge was Q2, 37-17: a lead of 5 became 25. Reid was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
11/21 @ PHX 113-114 — MIN notes
MIN lost 113-114. MIN shot 45% (39 of 86) to PHX's 48%, 12 of 37 from three. MIN turned it over 19 times to PHX's 27. Edwards led with 41 (14 of 24, 5 of 11 from three, 8 of 12 at the line); Randle added 20, McDaniels 13. Q3 was theirs, 33-19, turning a 13-point deficit into a 1-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 95-80 against them.
11/24 @ SAC 112-117 — MIN notes
MIN lost 112-117 in 1 overtime. MIN shot 41% (40 of 97) to SAC's 43%, 13 of 42 from three, and got to the line 22 times to SAC's 28. Edwards led with 43 (16 of 29, 5 of 11 from three, 6 of 8 at the line); Randle added 17, DiVincenzo 17. Q1 was theirs, 27-23, but the other 4 periods went 94-85 against them. They led by as many as 14. Edwards's -12 in 40 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/26 @ OKC 105-113 — MIN notes
MIN lost 105-113. MIN shot 41% (33 of 80) to OKC's 48%, 17 of 37 from three. MIN turned it over 14 times to OKC's 7, and OKC turned those into 8 steals. Edwards led with 31 (9 of 19, 5 of 10 from three, 8 of 12 at the line); Shannon Jr. added 18, Reid 12. Q3 was theirs, 32-29, the deficit cut from 10 to 7, but the other 3 periods went 84-73 against them. Conley's -17 in 13 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/29 vs BOS 119-115 — MIN notes
MIN won 119-115. MIN shot 49% (41 of 83) to BOS's 47%, 21 of 48 from three. Edwards led with 39 (12 of 24, 5 of 11 from three, 10 of 11 at the line); Randle added 16, DiVincenzo 15. The hinge was Q3, 35-23: MIN came in trailing by 10 and left it ahead by 2. MIN trailed 59-69 at the half and won the second half 60-46. McDaniels was the night's best plus/minus at +24.
11/30 vs SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Minnesota comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 114, shooting 44 percent and 38 from three, 29 free throws a game; Edwards at 34 and Randle at 19 a game. Without Hyland (4 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. San Antonio comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 115, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 27 free throws a game; Fox at 26 and Vassell at 20 a game. Without Castle (5 straight), Wembanyama (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: Minnesota wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Minnesota giving it away 14 times a game to San Antonio's 11. Call it Minnesota 116, San Antonio 115, San Antonio keeping it close.
12/02 @ NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 123, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Williamson at 24 and Bey at 20 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Murphy III (2 straight), Jones (5 straight), Poole (14 straight). One day's rest. Minnesota comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 114, shooting 47 percent and 40 from three, 25 free throws a game; Edwards at 37 and Randle at 17 a game. One day's rest.
So: Minnesota wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Minnesota allowing 114 a night to New Orleans's 123 and the turnovers, Minnesota giving it away 15 times a game to New Orleans's 12. Call it Minnesota 117, New Orleans 115, New Orleans keeping it close.
12/04 @ NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 130, shooting 49 percent and 41 from three, 27 free throws a game; Williamson at 24 and Murphy III at 22 a game. That is 4 straight losses. Without Williamson (2 straight), Jones (6 straight), Poole (15 straight). One day's rest. Minnesota comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 120, shooting 48 percent and 41 from three, 24 free throws a game; Edwards at 38 and Randle at 16 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: Minnesota wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Minnesota allowing 120 a night to New Orleans's 130. Call it Minnesota 122, New Orleans 119, New Orleans keeping it close.
12/06 vs LAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Minnesota comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 120, shooting 49 percent and 43 from three, 26 free throws a game; Edwards at 31 and Randle at 18 a game. That is 4 straight wins. Without Hyland (2 straight). One day's rest. The Clippers come in 1-4 over their last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 113, shooting 45 percent and 31 from three, 25 free throws a game; Leonard at 30 and Harden at 22 a game. Without Jones Jr. (10 straight), Miller (2 straight), Lopez (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Minnesota wins, and the game turns on the arc, Minnesota at 43 percent from three to the Clippers' 31 and the defense, the Clippers allowing 113 a night to Minnesota's 120. Call it Minnesota 120, the Clippers 112.
11/18 @ BKN 113-99 — BOS notes
BOS won 113-99. BOS shot 49% (37 of 75) to BKN's 40%, 19 of 42 from three. BOS turned it over 19 times to BKN's 13, and BKN turned those into 12 steals. The glass went 49-39 for them. Brown led with 29 (9 of 19, 3 of 7 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Pritchard added 22, White 15. The hinge was Q4, 24-14: a lead of 4 became 14. Hauser was the night's best plus/minus at +22.
11/21 vs BKN 105-113 — BOS notes
BOS lost 105-113. BOS took 8 more shots (90 to 82), fed by 14 offensive rebounds, but shot 47% to BKN's 52%, 11 of 34 from three, and got to the line 14 times to BKN's 21. Brown led with 26 (9 of 18, 1 of 4 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Simons added 23, Queta 16. Q4 was theirs, 28-21, the deficit cut from 15 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 92-77 against them. Pritchard's -13 in 35 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/23 vs ORL 138-129 — BOS notes
BOS won 138-129. BOS shot 60% (53 of 88) to ORL's 47%, 15 of 33 from three. Brown led with 35 (14 of 26, 2 of 6 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Simons added 23, Pritchard 19. The hinge was Q2, 48-30: a lead of 5 became 23, and the lead reached 26. Pritchard was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
11/26 vs DET 117-114 — BOS notes
BOS won 117-114. BOS shot 44% (38 of 87) to DET's 40%, 20 of 43 from three, and got to the line 24 times to DET's 36. The glass went 44-56 against them. Brown led with 33 (12 of 32, 2 of 7 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); White added 27, Pritchard 16. The hinge was Q2, 33-28: the deficit went from 6 to 1. BOS trailed 57-58 at the half and won the second half 60-56. Simons was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
11/29 @ MIN 115-119 — BOS notes
BOS lost 115-119. BOS took 13 more shots (96 to 83), fed by 14 offensive rebounds, but shot 47% to MIN's 49%, 16 of 46 from three. Brown led with 41 (17 of 32, 5 of 11 from three); Queta added 19, White 16. Q2 was theirs, 33-27, but the other 3 periods went 92-82 against them. They led by as many as 12. Scheierman's -13 in 14 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/30 @ CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 114, shooting 46 percent and 35 from three, 22 free throws a game; Mitchell at 30 and Hunter at 20 a game. Without Merrill (5 straight), Porter Jr. (3 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 115, shooting 49 percent and 41 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brown at 33 and White at 16 a game. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Cleveland wins, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 41 percent from three to Cleveland's 35. Call it Cleveland 116, Boston 114, Boston keeping it close.
12/02 vs NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 118, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and Pritchard at 20 a game. One day's rest. New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 107, shooting 51 percent and 39 from three, 22 free throws a game; Brunson at 30 and Towns at 22 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Anunoby (7 straight), Shamet (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-7 a night and Boston minus-1 and the defense, New York allowing 107 a night to Boston's 118. Call it New York 116, Boston 115, Boston keeping it close.
12/04 @ WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Washington comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 120, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; McCollum at 23 and Sarr at 22 a game. Without Sarr (2 straight), Johnson (5 straight), Watkins (3 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 119, shooting 51 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 34 and White at 20 a game. Without Garza (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Washington giving it away 14 times a game to Boston's 11. Call it Boston 120, Washington 115.
12/05 vs LAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 113, shooting 50 percent and 38 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 34 and White at 24 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Second night of a back-to-back. The Lakers come in 4-1 over their last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 121, shooting 53 percent and 43 from three, 26 free throws a game; Dončić at 38 and Reaves at 32 a game. Without Smart (4 straight), Vanderbilt (7 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 113 a night to the Lakers' 121 and the line, where the Lakers take 26 free throws a game to Boston's 21. Call it Boston 120, the Lakers 116, the Lakers keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MINAE A. Edwards
DD D. DiVincenzo
JC J. Clark
JM J. McDaniels
JR J. Randle
MC M. Conley
NR N. Reid
RD R. Dillingham
RG R. Gobert
TS T. Shannon Jr.
BOSAS A. Simons
BS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JM J. Minott
JW J. Walsh
LG L. Garza
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
MIN/BOS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Edwards caps 39-point performance with unlikely 3 as Timberwolves hold off Celtics 119-115
MINNEAPOLIS -- — Anthony Edwards scored 39 points, including an unlikely 3-pointer that sealed the game, and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the Boston Celtics 119-115 on Saturday.
Julius Randle had 16 points and Donte DiVincenzo added 15 for the Timberwolves, who put six players in double figures and beat a team with a .500 or better record for the first time in eight tries this season.
Jaylen Brown tied a season high with 41 points for Boston, which lost for just the second time in seven games. Neemias Queta tied a career best with 19 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds. Derrick White scored 16.
With the Timberwolves ahead 115-112 and the shot clock winding down, Edwards briefly lost his dribble but quickly picked up the ball and lofted a 3-point prayer over White that went in with 14 seconds left.
Edwards, averaging 38.5 points over his last four games, scored nine straight to give Minnesota a 110-98 lead with 3:52 to play. That included a sequence in which Rudy Gobert grabbed a rebound of Edwards' miss and fed DiVincenzo, who quickly zipped a pass to the cutting Edwards.
But then Brown, who made a season-high 17 shots, scored five points and Queta had three in a 12-0 Celtics run to tie it with 1:38 remaining.
Edwards scored seven points and Terrence Shannon Jr . five in a 24-12 third-quarter spurt that propelled Minnesota to a 94-92 lead heading to the fourth.
Listed as questionable on the team’s injury report due to low back spasms, Brown scored 27 points in the first half — 19 in the first quarter — and Boston led 69-59 at the break.
Brown became the first player in the play-by-play era to record at least 27 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in the first half.
Up next Celtics: Play at Cleveland on Sunday night.
Timberwolves: Host the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.