Celtics And Timberwolves Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
On Wednesday evening, the Minnesota Timberwolves are hosting the Boston Celtics at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
For the game, both teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Celtics have ruled out Robert Williams III, Payton Pritchard, Mfiondu Kabengele and Danilo Gallinari.
2023 NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown is available.
As for the Timberwolves, they will be without Jaylen Nowell, Austin Rivers, Matt Ryan and Karl-Anthony Towns.
Rudy Gobert and Naz Reid have both been upgraded to available.
The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Celtics will start Smart, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford on Wednesday."
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Wolves will start Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Anderson, Gobert on Wednesday.
The Celtics come into the night as the second seed in the Eastern Conference with a 47-22 record in 69 games.
They are 5-5 in their last ten games and a fantastic 21-13 in the 34 games they have played on the road away from Boston.
Meanwhile, the Timberwolves are the seventh seed in the Western Conference with a 35-34 record in 69 games.
Over the last ten games, they have gone 5-5, and they are a solid 20-16 in the 36 games they have hosted at the Target Center.
Last season, the Celtics made the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010 (they lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games), while the Timberwolves made the playoffs for the first time since 2018 (they lost to the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round in six games).