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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 26 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 99 |
 Celtics | 30 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 112 |
DENTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 38-8445.2% | 9-3426.5% | 14-1593.3% | 38 | 25 | 17 |
| BOS | 39-8148.1% | 15-4235.7% | 19-2190.5% | 43 | 26 | 20 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics112| 37 | 27 | 11-20 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.7 | |||||
| 33 | 21 | 6-18 | 1-8 | 8-8 | 0 | +8 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 31 | 17 | 5-13 | 3-8 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.9 | ||||
| 30 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.4 | |||
| 28 | 9 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.9 | |||||
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| 24 | 9 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +20 | +0.2 | |||||
| 23 | 8 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +19 | +1.4 | |||||
| 20 | 8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +12 | +8.8 | |||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.2 | |||||
| Team | 112 | 39-8148.1% | 15-4235.7% | 43 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 19-2190.5% | 10 | 7 | 1 | |||
Bench 30 points on 11 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Tacko Fall, Jeff Teague, Carsen Edwards, Tremont Waters and Grant Williams (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets99| 40 | 15 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 3-4 | −2 | +2.1 | ||||||||
| 38 | 43 | 16-23 | 3-5 | 8-8 | +2 | +17.5 | ||||||||
| 33 | 25 | 9-16 | 4-8 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.7 | |||||
| 29 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −7.2 | |||||||
| 24 | 0 | 0-8 | 0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −7.2 | ||||||
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| 26 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −6.4 | |||
| 24 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −6.0 | ||||
| 10 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | +2.1 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.9 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.0 | |||||
| Team | 99 | 38-8445.2% | 9-3426.5% | 38 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 14-1593.3% | 11 | 12 | 3 | |||
Bench 14 points on 7 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Monte Morris (injury/illness); Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
Celtics112Nuggets99ClickTap 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.
The Boston Celtics closed the third quarter on a 15-4 run to beat the Denver Nuggets 112-99.
It was tied at 71 when Semi Ojeleye’s 3-pointer put the Celtics ahead for good with 3:56 left in the third quarter. Jaylen Brown scored 8 points as they pulled away to an 86-75 lead after three quarters.
Brown scored 27 points with 5 3-pointers. Jayson Tatum added 21 points and 8 assists but shot 6 for 18, and Robert Williams III had 8 points, 8 rebounds and a career-high 5 steals off the bench.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić scored 43 points on 16 for 23 shooting, and Jamal Murray added 25 points, 6 assists and 3 steals.
The Celtics shot 48.1% from the field and 35.7% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 45.2% and 26.5%. The Nuggets turned it over 17 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Celtics 43-30 in 18 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).
93 points from the field on 80 shots: 8.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-16 | 87.5% | 64% |
| In the paint | 5-10 | 50.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-13 | 38.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-8 | 37.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-34 | 35.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Porter Jr. | 30 | 2 | 1-6 | −10 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 18 | 13 | 5-6 | +6 |
| Jamal Murray | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 3-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 32 | 8 | 4-10 | −5 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 10 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
| R.J. Hampton | 7 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facundo Campazzo | 46 | 7 | 3-9 | −7 |
| Nikola Jokić | 4 | 8 | 2-3 | +7 |
| Jamal Murray | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 24' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
Q2 5:38
14.4%
92→77
Tatum 21' Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Pritchard 6 AST)
Q3 0:45
11.7%
79→91
Ojeleye 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brown 5 AST)
Q3 9:50
10.4%
62→73
Hartenstein 4' Layup (6 PTS)
Q4 10:54
9.8%
89→79
Tatum 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (17 PTS)
Q4 10:30
9.8%
79→89
