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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 32 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 111 |
 Nuggets | 21 | 24 | 37 | 28 | 110 |
BOSTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 43-9147.3% | 17-3647.2% | 8-1080.0% | 40 | 28 | 9 |
| DEN | 42-9345.2% | 10-3330.3% | 16-2176.2% | 47 | 31 | 10 |
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Boston Celtics111| 37 | 27 | 11-17 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +6.3 | ||||||
| 34 | 9 | 4-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 33 | 20 | 8-13 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | +7 | +7.1 | |||||||
| 32 | 10 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 17 | 6 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −6.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| 21 | 11 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | +10 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 20 | 14 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.3 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.6 | ||
| Team | 111 | 43-9147.3% | 17-3647.2% | 40 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 8-1080.0% | 10 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 39 points on 13 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Shane Larkin (injury/illness); Abdel Nader, Jarell Eddie and Kadeem Allen (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets110| 44 | 19 | 8-18 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 0 | +9 | +2.5 | |||||||
| 39 | 14 | 5-11 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 0 | +8 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 36 | 15 | 6-16 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 24 | 8-17 | 2-5 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +7.1 | ||||||
| 28 | 16 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +11 | +3.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 20 | 7-10 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0 | −11 | +9.7 | |||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.1 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.0 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.9 | |||
| Team | 110 | 42-9345.2% | 10-3330.3% | 47 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 16-2176.2% | 15 | 4 | 3 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Juancho Hernangomez, Richard Jefferson, Malik Beasley and Darrell Arthur (coach’s decision).
Celtics111Nuggets110ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jayson Tatum scored 20 points, and the Boston Celtics beat the Denver Nuggets 111-110.
Jaylen Brown’s corner 3-pointer put the Celtics ahead for good with 34 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Jamal Murray’s driving layup made it 111-110 with 28.1 seconds left. The Nuggets had the ball down 1, but Will Barton missed a 34-foot pull-up 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 10. Trey Lyles scored 4 of the Nuggets’ 10 on 2 for 2 shooting.
Kyrie Irving had 27 points (18 in the paint) and 6 assists.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 24 points (11 in the third quarter) and 11 rebounds, and Gary Harris went 1 for 7 from 3. Lyles scored 20 points on 7 for 10 shooting off the bench.
The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Celtics 51-38 in 21 minutes together.
Boston CelticsDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
103 points from the field on 90 shots: 7.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-27 | 63.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-11 | 27.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-17 | 35.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 7-11 | 63.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-25 | 40.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 25 | 3 | 1-3 | −6 |
| Jamal Murray | 17 | 9 | 4-4 | +3 |
| Will Barton | 10 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 5 | 6 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 3-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 29 | 6 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Torrey Craig | 15 | 6 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 10 | 4-8 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Lyles | 20 | 9 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Mason Plumlee | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 38 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Brown 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Horford 6 AST)
Q4 0:35
38.3%
53→14
Murray 9' Floating Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Harris 4 AST)
Q4 0:43
25.8%
27→53
Horford 24' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Rozier 6 AST)
Q4 2:12
16.8%
27→10
Lyles 1' Tip Layup Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 1:23
15.7%
14→29
Murray 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (14 PTS) (Lyles 3 AST)
Q4 0:28
15.1%
15→30
