Latest / The Sports Hangover Daily / Wolves End 21-Year Boston Losing Streak Without Edwards | Mar 23, 2026
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- The Minnesota Timberwolves just ended a 21-year losing streak in Boston, and honestly? That might be the most Minnesota sports thing I've ever seen — finally break through when nobody's watching. Welcome to The Sports Hangover, I'm your host Michael Benatar. And here's today's sports breakdown. Let's talk about what happened in Boston last night, because this is the kind of story that makes you remember why we love sports. The Timberwolves walked into TD Garden and beat the Celtics 102-92, snapping an 18-game losing streak in Boston that dated back to 2005. Twenty-one years. George W. Bush was president the last time Minnesota won in Boston. But here's what makes this even crazier — they did it without Anthony Edwards. Their best player has been out four straight games with knee inflammation, and instead of folding, this team just said "screw it, we'll figure it out." Bones Hyland stepped up with 23 points, Jaden McDaniels dropped 19, and Rudy Gobert did Rudy Gobert things with 14 boards and 9 points. Meanwhile, Ayo Dosunmu — remember him? — had 17 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. That's a complete team effort right there. The Celtics? They looked absolutely lost. Jaylen Brown tried to carry them with 29 points, Jayson Tatum had a rough start but finished with 16 and 11 rebounds, and it still wasn't close. This snapped Boston's four-game winning streak and now they're only a half-game ahead of the Knicks for second in the East. That's not where championship contenders should be sitting in March. Look, I get it — it's one regular season game in a long season. But this is the kind of loss that can mess with a team's head. The Celtics are supposed to be title contenders, and they just got outworked by a Timberwolves team missing their best player. That's concerning. Around the league, we had some absolute fireworks in Sacramento. The Kings beat Brooklyn 126-122 in what might've been the most entertaining game nobody watched. Malik Monk went absolutely nuclear off the bench — 32 points on 7-of-13 from three. When your sixth man is hitting shots like that, you're gonna be tough to beat. Maxime Raynaud had a double-double with 22 and 10, and the Kings snapped a two-game skid. The Nets, meanwhile, are tanking so hard they might hit the Earth's core. Seven straight losses, and they're now 17-54. Ben Saraf had 22 off the bench for Brooklyn, but here's the thing — when your leading scorer is a guy most people have never heard of, you're not trying to win games. Brooklyn's in full development mode, which is fine, but man they're hard to watch. Phoenix finally remembered how to play basketball, beating Toronto 120-98 to snap a five-game losing streak. Devin Booker had 25, Jalen Green added 20, and suddenly the Suns look like they might not completely waste another season. They're up to 40 wins now, which is already four more than last year with 10 games left. Progress. The big story everyone's gonna miss from last night? Durant passed Michael Jordan for fifth all-time in scoring. Kevin Durant is now ahead of His Airness on the career scoring list. Let that sink in for a second. And LeBron played in his 1,612th regular season game, breaking the all-time record. Two legends making history on the same night, and it barely registered because it happened during blowouts. Over in the NHL, we had some absolute chaos. The Jets beat the Rangers in a shootout, the Avalanche took down Washington in overtime, and the Hurricanes demolished Pittsburgh 5-1. The playoff race is getting spicy, especially in the Pacific Division where literally nobody knows who's gonna finish where. The Ducks are in first with 77 points, Vegas has 76, Edmonton has 75 — it's basically a three-way tie with different games played. Chaos. The NFL's still in that weird March limbo where we're getting random signings nobody cares about. The Cardinals signed Oli Udoh, the Panthers got Nick Hampton and Feleipe Franks, the Lions added Payton Turner. These are the moves that make fantasy football nerds excited and everyone else check their phones. But the real NFL story is still that quarterback carousel from last week. Malik Willis got $67.5 million from Miami — which is insane money for a guy who's thrown 26 career passes — and Kyler Murray somehow ended up in Minnesota for basically lunch money. The Dolphins are rebuilding after trading away Jaylen Waddle, and honestly? Good for them. Sometimes you gotta blow it up to build something real. Here's my hangover take: The Timberwolves beating Boston without Anthony Edwards is exactly why regular season records don't mean everything come playoff time. Minnesota just showed they've got depth and grit, while the Celtics looked soft when things got physical. I know it's just one game, but championship teams don't lose games like that at home. Boston's got talent, but do they have that playoff toughness? Last night makes me wonder. And another thing — can we talk about how loaded this draft is gonna be with all these tanking teams? Brooklyn, Sacramento before last night, Detroit, Portland — half the league is basically punting on this season. The top of next year's draft is gonna be absolutely stacked, which means some of these terrible teams are gonna get really good really fast. The league's about to get even more competitive. That's your hangover. Go hydrate. I'll see you tomorrow.