Timberwolves 102, Celtics 92

 

The Celtics played a pretty good first quarter and a god-awful fourth quarter, and lost (at home!) to a Minnesota team they could have/should have beaten.

Brown led all teams with 29 points and Tatum got a double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. But the Celtics were out-rebounded by the T-wolves, 56-53, and Boston's pathetic three-point average (27.3%) resulted in only 9 threes made to Minnesota's 12. The Wolves also managed to block seven Boston shots.

With the loss, the sneaky New York Knicks inch up to within a half game of Boston in the division, and the Detroit Pistons move 4½ games ahead in the conference with 11 games left to the regular season.    

Hopefully, this loss will serve as the kick in the ass the Celtics need to bring their A game to the Garden on Wednesday, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the team with the most wins this season in the NBA, come to town. 'Cause I'm gonna tell you, if the Celtics play like they did last night, the Thunder will walk all over them.