Game completed

Boston Celtics38-2084atDenver Nuggets37-22103

Wed, Feb 25, 10:00 PM ESTBall Arena, Denver, COESPN · Altitude

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
BOS	24	24	19	17	84
DEN	21	26	30	26	103

Boston Celtics

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen BrownSF	34	23	11	3	0	3	4	7-21	1-6	8-9	-12
Sam HauserPF	24	5	4	1	0	0	1	2-5	1-2	0-0	-2
Neemias QuetaC	28	10	4	1	0	1	2	4-6	0-1	2-2	-7
Baylor ScheiermanSG	25	9	4	0	0	0	1	3-9	3-8	0-0	-16
Derrick WhitePG	33	20	6	3	1	3	3	6-14	4-9	4-4	-20
Nikola Vučević	23	2	8	1	0	0	0	1-7	0-4	0-0	-9
Payton Pritchard	28	3	3	4	2	0	0	1-6	1-3	0-0	-13
Hugo González	10	5	2	1	1	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	-4
Ron Harper Jr.	11	3	1	2	0	0	1	1-7	1-7	0-0	-4
Jordan Walsh	14	4	3	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-1	-4
Dalano Banton	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Luka Garza	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	-2
Team		84	55	18	4	8	13	29-83	12-43	14-18

DNP: John Tonje, Max Shulga (gleague twoway), Jayson Tatum (injury), Amari Williams (gleague on assignment)

Denver Nuggets

103

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian BraunSF	28	6	7	2	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	-2
Cameron JohnsonPF	35	11	5	3	0	0	1	4-11	3-6	0-0	+17
Nikola JokićC	33	30	12	6	0	0	1	11-28	4-13	4-7	+13
Julian StrawtherSG	26	12	1	1	1	1	3	5-9	2-5	0-0	+2
Jamal MurrayPG	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	0
Tim Hardaway Jr.	21	14	4	4	0	0	0	5-9	1-4	3-5	+13
Spencer Jones	26	6	7	0	0	1	0	2-5	1-2	1-2	+22
Bruce Brown	28	4	4	5	2	0	3	1-8	0-3	2-2	+8
Jonas Valančiūnas	12	11	6	2	0	1	0	5-7	1-1	0-0	+7
Zeke Nnaji	7	0	3	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-2	+1
KJ Simpson	14	2	4	4	1	0	0	1-5	0-0	0-0	+13
DaRon Holmes II	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+1
Team		103	66	28	4	4	8	39-93	15-43	10-18

DNP: Tamar Bates (injury), Aaron Gordon (injury), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway), Jalen Pickett (injury), Peyton Watson (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · DEN: 19
Biggest lead · BOS: 8
Times tied: 13
Lead changes: 18
Longest run · DEN: 15

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Rest edge: DENTravel tax: DENBody clock: BOS3 in 4: BOSNational TV

DEN has the rest edge with 2 days and 78.5h between games.
DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 945 mi from its previous stop.
BOS is dealing with minimal pressure: -2h on the body clock and 0h of zone shift.
BOS is playing into a 3 in 4 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
BOS is in game 4 of 4 on the road with 3,395 mi already logged before tip.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	BOS	DEN
Record	38-20	37-22
Days rest	B2B	2 days
Hours rest	25h	78.5h
Rest swing	-53.5h	+53.5h
Travel in	585 mi	945 mi
Zone change	0h	+1h
Body clock	-2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 4 of 4	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	3,395 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	B2B3 in 4	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

BOS

585 mi

Phoenix, AZDenver, CO

BOS came from Phoenix, AZ with 585 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Phoenix, AZ to Denver, CO

DEN

945 mi

San Francisco, CADenver, CO

DEN came from San Francisco, CA with 945 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

San Francisco, CA to Denver, CO

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

BOS

Road trip

BOS is on game 4 of 4 on the road, with 3,395 mi already behind it.

Game in segment4 of 4

Miles before tip3,395 mi

Segment miles3,980 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

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

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