Nuggets 115-109 Celtics (8 Mar, 2024) Box Score

Boston Celtics

48-14, 19-11 away

109

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	28	26	26	29	109
DEN	30	32	28	25	115

Denver Nuggets

43-20, 25-6 home

115

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Kristaps PorzingisK. Porzingis#8
Jrue HolidayJ. Holiday#4
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Xavier TillmanX. Tillman#26
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Al HorfordA. Horford#42
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
Oshae BrissettO. Brissett#12
Luke KornetL. Kornet#40
Svi MykhailiukS. Mykhailiuk#50
Jaden SpringerJ. Springer#44
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
39	5-13	2-5	3-4	1	3	4	8	2	0	5	4	-2	15
35	9-23	3-10	3-4	2	10	12	2	1	1	3	2	+6	24
35	5-10	2-6	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	2	-6	12
37	3-8	0-4	1-1	1	4	5	6	1	1	1	4	-2	7
41	16-29	2-7	7-14	6	8	14	4	2	0	2	4	+5	41
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	-12	2
10	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-8	6
19	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	-10	2
11	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	41-91	11-38	16-25	13	34	47	24	6	3	12	18		109
	45.1%	28.9%	64.0%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#5
bench
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
Justin HolidayJ. Holiday#9
Reggie JacksonR. Jackson#7
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
Hunter TysonH. Tyson#4
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Jay HuffJ. Huff#30
Jalen PickettJ. Pickett#24
Julian StrawtherJ. Strawther#3
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	8-15	0-2	0-0	3	6	9	1	1	0	0	2	-6	16
30	4-9	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	4	-4	9
39	11-19	0-0	10-10	4	8	12	11	2	0	0	1	+9	32
37	7-18	1-4	4-4	0	6	6	8	2	0	5	2	+4	19
34	4-7	1-4	2-2	0	3	3	1	3	0	2	3	-3	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	+2	4
17	5-9	1-4	0-0	0	4	4	1	1	2	0	1	+11	11
13	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	+6	2
11	2-7	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	+2	4
17	2-3	0-1	3-4	1	5	6	1	0	0	0	4	+9	7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	45-90	4-21	21-22	8	37	45	27	10	4	7	19		115
	50.0%	19.0%	95.5%

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

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-0

Nuggets
102
Celtics
100

Game 1

20/1

Celtics
109
Nuggets
115

Game 2

8/3

Ball Arena

3:00 AM, 8 March 2024

Denver, CO

Attendance: 19,855

Referees:
Marat Kogut
Tony Brothers
CJ Washington

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	6	.786	-	W1
New York	18	10	.643	4	W3
Brooklyn	11	17	.393	11	L1
Philadelphia	9	17	.346	12	L1
Toronto	7	21	.250	15	L6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	14	11	.560	7	L1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-0

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