The Celtics will host the Minnesota Timberwolves for the second and final game of the season.
The best players from the East compete against the best players from the West.
The Timberwolves won the first OT game on November 7th in Minnesota, 114-109.
The Celtics won the series against the Timberwolves 2-0 last season.
The Celtics are 44-22 overall against the Timberwolves and 24-8 in Boston games.
The Celtics remain in first place in the East.
3.
5 games behind second-place Milwaukee, 4.
5 games behind third-place Philadelphia, and 7 games behind Miami (4th), Indiana (5th), Cleveland (6th), and New York (7th).
It becomes.
They are 17-0 at home and 8-2 in their last 10 games.
6 wins and 3 losses against Western Conference opponents.
They suffered a loss in their last match.
Timberwolves are in first place in the Western Conference.
They are 1.
5 games behind second-place Oklahoma City, one game behind third-place Denver, three games behind fourth-place Los Angeles Clippers, four games behind fifth-place Sacramento, and 4.
5 games behind Dallas.
(6th place).
New Orleans (7).
12-8 on the road, 6-4 in last 10 games.
They are 8-4 against Eastern Conference opponents, with a win against Orlando in their last game.
The Celtics are playing back-to-back games for the first time.
They play away in Milwaukee on Thursday.
They then play a home game against Houston, followed by an away game in Toronto.
They will then return home and play two home games against San Antonio and Denver before heading to Houston, Dallas and Miami.
They then return home for a seven-game homestand.
Timberwolves are playing his second game of back-to-back.
They played away in Orlando on Wednesday.
1 win, 1 loss so far on the second night of the series.
This will be the fourth and final game for the Timberwolves on a four-game road trip that will take them to Houston, Dallas and Orlando before ending in Boston.
They return home with Portland and the Clippers.
Al Horford (illness) and Jrue Holiday (elbow) were both initially listed as questionable but are available.
I expect Horford to miss Thursday’s game against Milwaukee.
Kristaps Porzingis was demoted to retirement due to a knee bruise.
Sam Hauser and Jayson Tatum, who missed Monday’s game, are currently not on the injury report.
I expect Al Horford to start in Porzingis’ place.
Jaylen Clark is out for the Timberwolves with an Achilles tendon injury.
Mike Conley is listed as absent as the team will play the second night of a back-to-back.
I suspect Jordan McLaughlin will start in his place.
Rudy Gobert has questionable pain in his hip.
They might give him time off since he’s been playing back-to-back games and Porzingis is also out.
If he is out, Naz Reid will
likely start in his place.
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