Game completed

Denver Nuggets25-12114atBoston Celtics23-13110

Wed, Jan 7, 7:00 PM ESTTD Garden, Boston, MAESPN · Altitude · NBC SPORTS BOSTON

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	31	27	21	35	114
BOS	35	23	24	28	110

Denver Nuggets

114

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer JonesSF	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	-1
Peyton WatsonPF	37	30	6	2	1	2	4	10-15	6-7	4-8	+4
DaRon Holmes IIC	13	6	2	1	0	2	0	2-6	2-5	0-0	-2
Christian BraunSG	30	5	5	2	0	1	1	2-5	1-1	0-1	+4
Jamal MurrayPG	37	22	8	17	1	0	2	8-18	3-9	3-4	-1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	26	14	2	0	1	1	0	4-9	4-8	2-2	+4
Aaron Gordon	23	12	6	2	0	0	0	5-12	2-6	0-0	+2
Bruce Brown	19	4	1	0	2	0	0	2-6	0-1	0-0	-3
Zeke Nnaji	25	12	2	1	2	2	0	3-9	1-3	5-7	+6
Jalen Pickett	21	7	4	2	0	0	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	+7
Team		114	53	27	7	8	7	39-87	20-44	16-24

DNP: Julian Strawther, Hunter Tyson, Tamar Bates (injury), Cameron Johnson (injury), Nikola Jokić (injury), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway), Jonas Valančiūnas (injury)

Boston Celtics

110

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen BrownSF	34	33	7	4	1	0	7	14-29	4-6	1-3	-14
Sam HauserPF	30	6	2	2	2	1	2	2-6	2-6	0-0	+4
Neemias QuetaC	24	6	20	0	0	0	0	3-8	0-0	0-0	-16
Payton PritchardSG	34	17	5	2	2	0	0	5-13	1-6	6-6	-5
Derrick WhitePG	34	17	4	4	0	3	2	7-19	3-12	0-0	-14
Anfernee Simons	26	15	4	2	0	0	2	6-9	3-4	0-0	-9
Luka Garza	19	11	5	0	0	0	0	5-5	1-1	0-0	+8
Hugo González	21	3	4	0	0	2	1	1-4	1-2	0-2	+9
Jordan Walsh	14	1	1	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	1-2	+4
Baylor Scheierman	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	+13
Team		110	61	16	6	6	14	43-95	15-38	9-15

DNP: Chris Boucher, Josh Minott (injury), Xavier Tillman, Ron Harper Jr. (gleague twoway), Max Shulga (gleague twoway), Jayson Tatum (injury), Amari Williams (gleague twoway)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · BOS: 9
Biggest lead · DEN: 13
Times tied: 9
Lead changes: 26
Longest run · DEN: 14

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Travel tax: DENBody clock: DEN4 in 6: DENNational TV

DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 273 mi from its previous stop.
DEN is dealing with minimal pressure: 2h on the body clock and 0h of zone shift.
DEN is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
DEN is in game 7 of 7 on the road with 3,667 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	BOS
Record	25-12	23-13
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	46.5h	47.5h
Rest swing	-1h	+1h
Travel in	273 mi	0 mi
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 7 of 7	Homestand · 2 of 4
Miles before tip	3,667 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	4 in 6	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

DEN

273 mi

Philadelphia, PABoston, MA

DEN came from Philadelphia, PA with 273 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Philadelphia, PA to Boston, MA

BOS

0 mi

Boston, MANo travel

BOS stayed in Boston, MA between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Boston, MA

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 7 of 7 on the road, with 3,667 mi already behind it.

Game in segment7 of 7

Miles before tip3,667 mi

Segment miles3,940 mi

BOS

Homestand

BOS is in game 2 of 4 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

National: ESPN
Local TV: DENAltitudeBOSNBC SPORTS BOSTONin-market
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Radio: BOS98.5 The Sports HubDENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXM

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