The game between the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves will take place at the TD Garden on Friday, December 23 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The Boston Celtics will welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves to the TD Garden for an NBA game on Friday. The Celtics lost 112-117 in their last game over the Pacers. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 41 points after missing a game because of personal reasons, while point guard Marcus Smart sat out with a non-COVID illness. Jaylen Brown added 19 points and 10 rebounds for Boston, and Malcolm Brogdon had 18 points. Atop the NBA a week ago, the Celtics have dropped five of six.
“It’s all about effort,” Brogdon said. “There’s really not more much to it. We didn’t really get the execution. You talk about execution in the first half, we didn’t need to. We weren’t playing hard enough to get the execution. We understood that it was about effort. I think we responded in the second half.”
The Timberwolves on the other hand lost 99-104 against the Mavericks in their last game. Tim Hardaway Jr. added 21 points after an illness sidelined him Monday night in Dallas’ 116-106 loss in Minnesota in which Doncic and coach Jason Kidd were ejected.
“Honestly, I think it’s energy and body language,” Doncic said about the difference from Monday. “Today was unbelievable but that’s how we got to learn. We got to play like this every game. So, we got to learn from that.”
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Al Horford, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard
Minnesota Timberwolves: Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Rudy Gobert, D’Angelo Russell, Austin Rivers
Boston Celtics: Marcus Smart, Danilo Gallinari
Minnesota Timberwolves: Jordan McLaughlin, Taurean Prince, Rudy Gobert, Kyle Anderson, Karl-Anthony Towns
The game between the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves will take place at the TD Garden on Friday, December 23 at 7:30 PM ET.
The match between the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves will be telecast live on Bally Sports North, Fox Sports North, NBC Sports Boston.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports North, Fox Sports North, NBC Sports Boston. | December 23 (7:30 PM ET) |
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