GAME RECAP
Impact player
Marcus Smart, Boston
Reserve guard scored 18 points on 8-for-13 shooting, the seventh time this season he's scored 15 or more off the bench.
By the NUMBERS
4 Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns' career 20/20 games after Friday's 25-point, 23-rebound night. The 23 rebounds are by one a career high.
38 First-half points for the Wolves, their lowest in any half this season.
56-43 The Celtics' rebounding advantage. They're 22-0 when they outrebound the opposition this season, and 56 is Boston's season high.
42-20 Celtics bench outscored its Wolves counterparts.
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