BOSTON (AP) — Bones Hyland scored 23 points, Jaden McDaniels added 19 and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Celtics 102-92, ending Boston’s 18-game losing streak.
Ayo Dosunmu contributed 17 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists for Minnesota, and Rudy Gobert had 14 rebounds and 9 points. The last time the Timberwolves won in Boston was in 2005.
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Jaylen Brown scored a Celtics-high 29 points and Jayson Tatum overcame a slow start with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Derrick White scored 15 points. The loss ended the Celtics’ four-game winning streak and left them just half a game ahead of the second-place New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference.
Timberwolves All-Star guard Anthony Edwards missed his fourth straight game with right knee inflammation. Forward Naz Reid, back after missing two games with a right ankle sprain, scored eight of his 11 points during Minnesota’s 16-0 run midway through the final quarter.
The Timberwolves trailed 80-81, but Hyland’s three-pointer from the right wing gave the Timberwolves the lead for good with 9:05 left. Reed scored 8 points in a row in this round, including a three-pointer and 3 mixed scores.
Tatum, playing his eighth game since returning from Achilles surgery, was scoreless in the first half and Boston squandered a 15-point lead and trailed 47-44 at halftime, but scored 13 points in the third quarter.
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Led by Tatum, the Celtics scored the first 11 points of the second half.
Both teams got off to a cold start from the three-point line, with the Celtics missing eight of their first nine three-pointers and Minnesota going 1-for-7 from beyond the arc.
Next
Timberwolves: Host Houston on Wednesday.
Celtics: Play their second of three home games against Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
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