Final

Boston Celtics1-0107 winneratDenver Nuggets0-1103

Fri, Oct 4, 12:00 PM EDTEtihad Arena, Abu DhabiNBA TV · NBC SPORTS BOSTON

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The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
BOS	25	31	23	28	107
DEN	32	31	17	23	103

Boston Celtics

107

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen BrownF	19	8	2	2	1	1	2	3-9	1-5	1-2	-8
Jayson TatumF	19	12	6	5	0	0	2	4-11	3-7	1-2	-8
Luke KornetC	21	6	11	3	1	0	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+12
Derrick WhiteG	19	9	1	0	2	1	3	3-9	1-4	2-2	-8
Jrue HolidayG	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-7	0-4	0-0	-7
Xavier Tillman	15	6	3	1	2	1	1	2-5	2-3	0-0	-13
Sam Hauser	17	7	1	3	2	0	0	2-8	2-8	1-1	+7
Payton Pritchard	24	21	4	6	0	0	3	6-13	6-12	3-4	+6
Jaden Springer	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+12
Jordan Walsh	25	9	4	4	0	3	0	3-7	2-6	1-2	+12
Neemias Queta	13	6	3	0	0	1	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	0
JD Davison	12	7	2	1	2	1	0	1-3	1-3	4-4	+5
Drew Peterson	12	10	3	0	1	0	1	4-9	2-5	0-0	+5
Baylor Scheierman	8	0	1	1	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+5
Anton Watson	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Lonnie Walker IV	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0
Dmytro Skapintsev	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Ron Harper Jr.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Team		107	44	29	13	8	17	37-98	20-61	13-17

DNP: Tristan Enaruna (nwt - not with team), Al Horford (coach's decision), Kristaps Porziņģis (coach's decision)

Denver Nuggets

103

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr.F	15	12	2	0	1	0	3	5-8	1-3	1-2	+2
Aaron GordonF	15	7	3	3	2	0	1	3-10	1-4	0-0	0
Nikola JokićC	17	14	8	2	2	0	1	5-7	0-0	4-5	+4
Christian BraunG	13	5	5	3	1	1	1	2-4	0-1	1-2	+7
Jamal MurrayG	15	3	1	2	2	0	2	1-4	1-3	0-0	0
Russell Westbrook	19	12	4	8	0	0	2	3-10	3-6	3-4	+4
Hunter Tyson	18	6	3	1	0	0	2	2-5	2-3	0-0	+13
Julian Strawther

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DEN: 12
Biggest lead · BOS: 7
Times tied: 6
Lead changes: 3
Longest run · DEN: 11

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How they entered this matchup

Body clock: DENNational TV

DEN is dealing with minimal pressure: 10h on the body clock and n/a of zone shift.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

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Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	BOS	DEN
Record	1-0	0-1
Days rest	n/a	n/a
Hours rest	n/a	n/a
Rest swing	n/a	n/a
Travel in	n/a	n/a
Zone change	n/a	n/a
Body clock	8h	10h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Neutral run · 1 of 2	Neutral run · 1 of 2
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	2	2

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How each side got here

BOS

n/a

No previous stopSeason opener or no tracked previous venue for this team.

BOS does not have a previous stop in the tracked window.

No previous stop tracked | Abu Dhabi

DEN

n/a

No previous stopSeason opener or no tracked previous venue for this team.

DEN does not have a previous stop in the tracked window.

No previous stop tracked | Abu Dhabi

Where this game sitsneutral 1 of 2 vs neutral 1 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

BOS

Neutral run

BOS is in game 1 of 2 in a neutral-site segment.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

DEN

Neutral run

DEN is in game 1 of 2 in a neutral-site segment.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: NBA TV
Local TV: BOSNBC SPORTS BOSTONin-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 950 AM

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