BOSTON — The Boston Celtics fell apart in the fourth quarter in a game they led by as many as 15, losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves 102-92. Jaylen Brown scored 29 for Boston, but the team shot poorly overall and got beat up along the way. The TWolves were missing Anthony Edwards, but they got 23 off the bench from Bones Hyland to make up for some of the lost production.

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Brown fueled an opening 11-2 Celtics run, but he was the only person hitting shots in the first quarter. He scored 11 of Boston’s 23 points in a period where the teams combined to shoot 16 for 49 (2-17 from three).

They extended their nine-point first-quarter lead to 15 early in the second, but Minnesota went on a 21-4 run to take the lead. The blitzed ball handlers and forced Boston into a sloppy, iso-heavy quarter where they turned it over nine times for 13 Minnesota points.…