Jaylen Brown’s 13th career 40-point game broke a tie with John Havlicek for the fourth-most in Celtics history. Jordan Johnson / Getty Images
Jaylen Brown tied his season high with 41 points Saturday, but missed a potential game-tying basket with less than a minute left as the Boston Celtics fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves, 119-115.
The Celtics, down 12 points late in the fourth quarter, tied the score at 110-110 on a pull-up 3-pointer by Brown with 1:38 left. But after Mike Conley responded with a 3-pointer of his own, Brown missed a long ball on the next Boston possession. Anthony Edwards sank two free throws to push Minnesota’s advantage to 115-110. Two Derrick White free throws brought the Celtics within a single possession again, but Edwards splashed home a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to all but seal the game.
The Timberwolves spoiled another big night from Brown, who became the first player in the play-by-play era to tally at least 27 points, five assists, five rebounds and three steals in a first half. He capped off an incredible first half of shot-making with a step-back 3-pointer late in the second quarter. Of his 11 made field goals before halftime, nine came on long midrange jumpers or 3-point attempts. Despite only attempting one free throw over the first two quarters, he scored 27 first-half points on 11-for-18 shooting, including 3-for-5 shooting on 3-point attempts. Helping the Celtics build a double-digit lead, Brown didn’t start to force anything once he got hot. En route to five first-half assists, he shoveled a couple of interior dimes to Neemias Queta and fired a beautiful cross-court pass to set up a Sam Hauser 3-pointer.
Brown still found plenty of time to call his own number. When he did, the Timberwolves didn’t have much success against him. He let them know about it, too, breaking out the “too small” gesture after banking home a first-quarter jump shot against Edwards.
Jaylen Brown hits Anthony Edwards with the *too small* 😳 😆 pic.twitter.com/Rr1ZBpssua
— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) November 29, 2025
Still, behind 39 points from Edwards, the Timberwolves took control during the third quarter and closed out the Celtics in the fourth.
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Nov 30, 2025
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