Many of the students from the Class of 2024 at Maple Grove High School were headed with family and friends to warmer locales when spring break arrived in late March.
Stephanie Halverson, an educational support professional at the district's Oak View Elementary, also was free from work obligations.
Stephanie and husband Phil asked sophomore son Camden what trip he might want to take during the break.
"He had classmates going to Jamaica, places like that,'' Stephanie said Tuesday. "Camden said, 'I want to go to Boston and watch our Wolves play the Celtics.' ''
Which is where the Halversons were on March 27, a Sunday that didn't work out on the scoreboard — Celtics 134-112 — but satisfied the family's Timberwolves passion in all other ways.