Final

Boston Celtics38-2084atDenver Nuggets37-22103 winner

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

The box score

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)

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Lead tracker

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

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How they entered this matchup

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

DEN has the rest edge with 78.5h between tipoffs, 53.5h more than BOS.
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.

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Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	BOS	DEN
Record	38-20	37-22
Days rest	B2B	2 days edge
Hours rest	25h	78.5h
Rest swing	-53.5h	+53.5h
Travel in	585 mi edge	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	—
Fatigue Index	7	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

BOS carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 7 vs. DEN's 1.

How each side got here585 mi vs 945 mi

How each side got here

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 sitsroad 4 of 4 vs homestand 1 of 1

Where this game sits in the run

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

National: ESPN
Local TV: DENAltitudein-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: BOS98.5 The Sports HubDENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXM

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