GAME RECAP
Impact player
Kelly Olynyk, Celtics
The second-year center whom Celtics GM Danny Ainge tried to give the Wolves in a Kevin Love trade last summer delivered a telling 21-point, eight-rebound performance in 25 minutes.
By the Numbers
27:47 Playing time for Chase Budinger. That ties a season high reached against Houston on Dec. 5. His 19 points were by eight a season high.
8-for-16 Timberwolves' free throws after they worked overtime on them at practice Thursday. They went 20-for-35 in Tuesday's loss at Washington.
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