The Celtics were without 4 key rotation players in Tatum, Smart, Shroder and Richardson but the Timberwolves were without 6 of their 7 top scorers and all of their starters. This was basically a full G League team in the Timberwolves and should have been an easy win. The Celtics did what they have done best and that is play down to their competition all year long. We saw another really solid game from Pritchard who contributed 24pts 8reb and 6ast and we also got to see two recent Covid victims in Grant and Horford return to the lineup. Horford and Grant both played significant roles tonight and took full advantage of that. The Celtics actually played solid basketball through 3 quarters leading 79-74 after the third quarter but got outscored by 10 points in the 4th. People want to give Smart a lot of crap but the Celtics desperately needed stops late in this game and Smart was not there to give them that and it showed. This is one of the worst losses of the season in my eyes and now we fall to 16-18 on the season.

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