Boston Celtics @ Denver Nuggets

28-26, 11-16 Away

105

28-26, 11-16 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	16	29	29	31	105
Nuggets DEN	27	24	28	8	87

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

34-19, 18-10 Home

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Robert Williams IIIR. Williams III#44
Kemba WalkerK. Walker#8
Marcus SmartM. Smart#36
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Semi OjeleyeS. Ojeleye#37
Moritz WagnerM. Wagner#20
Grant WilliamsG. Williams#12
Tristan ThompsonT. Thompson#13
Carsen EdwardsC. Edwards#4
Romeo LangfordR. Langford#45
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
Aaron NesmithA. Nesmith#26
Luke KornetL. Kornet#40
Tacko FallT. Fall#99
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	28	9-23	2-7	8-8	10	2	2	1	0	1	9	2	+3
27	10	5-6	0-0	0-0	8	1	2	1	2	3	5	3	+17
33	14	6-15	0-7	2-2	5	6	1	1	1	0	5	1	-2
34	14	4-11	2-6	4-5	4	5	0	0	0	1	3	4	-5
36	20	8-15	2-7	2-3	8	3	0	0	2	2	6	3	+16
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
9	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	+4
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	+3
20	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	+23
19	9	4-6	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	+1
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3
16	5	1-3	0-1	3-3	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	+18
10	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	+6
2	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	105	39-87	7-33	20-23	52	20	9	4	7	10	42	18
		45%	21%	87%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Will BartonW. Barton#5
Facundo CampazzoF. Campazzo#7
bench
Paul MillsapP. Millsap#4
JaMychal GreenJ. Green#0
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
Bol BolB. Bol#10
Monte MorrisM. Morris#11
Markus HowardM. Howard#00
PJ DozierP. Dozier#35
JaVale McGeeJ. McGee#34
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	7	2-5	1-3	2-2	7	2	0	0	1	2	5	1	+10
35	22	9-23	1-12	3-3	11	0	0	1	1	2	9	1	+8
32	17	6-15	0-2	5-7	10	11	2	1	1	2	8	3	+9
34	13	4-11	1-3	4-5	6	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	-4
33	14	5-6	3-3	1-1	3	4	2	0	1	1	2	1	+1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	-23
14	3	1-6	1-4	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	5	-23
8	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	-6
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
19	2	1-6	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	-23
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
17	7	3-6	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-30
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	87	32-88	8-34	15-18	46	23	9	5	4	13	33	20
		36%	24%	83%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

BOS

BOS wins season

2-0

DEN

112

Game 1@ BOS

Final

105

Game 2@ DEN

Final

Game Information

Denver, CO

NBA TV

Referee:Eric Lewis

Referee:Marat Kogut

Referee:Bennie Adams

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

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