Celtics beat the Nuggets 107-103 in the NBA's preseason opener at Abu Dhabi

— The NBA returned to the Persian Gulf on Friday for the third consecutive year, and the preseason schedule for the 2023-24 season opened with the Boston Celtics beating the Denver Nuggets 107-103 in a matchup of the two most recent championship clubs.
Oct 4, 2024, 08:03 pm - AP

Game Flow

--BOS
--DEN

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Derrick White makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Luke Kornet assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
  • Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun misses two point shot
  • Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
  • Jaylen Brown misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White blocks Jamal Murray 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jrue Holiday makes layup (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 11-foot two point shot (Christian Braun assists)
  • Derrick White misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses alley oop dunk shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White misses driving floating jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Jaylen Brown makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
  • Xavier Tillman misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jrue Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum makes tip shot
  • Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jrue Holiday misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jrue Holiday makes tip shot
  • Derrick White makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Russell Westbrook misses layup
  • Derrick White makes two point shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Hunter Tyson assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Julian Strawther misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Xavier Tillman misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jrue Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Hunter Tyson misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Julian Strawther blocks Derrick White 's 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dario Saric makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Jaylen Brown makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown blocks Vlatko Cancar 's 1-foot layup
  • Dario Saric makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Jaylen Brown makes driving dunk (Xavier Tillman assists)
  • Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
  • Jrue Holiday misses running pullup jump shot
  • Vlatko Cancar makes 22-foot three point step back jumpshot (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Hunter Tyson misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Derrick White misses two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Kornet assists)
  • Russell Westbrook misses finger roll layup
  • Payton Pritchard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sam Hauser misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Payton Pritchard misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Hauser misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Julian Strawther makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Payton Pritchard makes 28-foot three point jumper (Luke Kornet assists)
  • Hunter Tyson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Luke Kornet makes 3-foot layup (Jordan Walsh assists)
  • Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
  • Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three pointer (Julian Strawther assists)
  • Jaden Springer misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Vlatko Cancar makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Jordan Walsh misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Walsh blocks Hunter Tyson 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Jordan Walsh misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dario Saric misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Hauser misses running pullup jump shot
  • Christian Braun blocks Jayson Tatum 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Luke Kornet makes 1-foot two point shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaylen Brown misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot three point shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Payton Pritchard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jaylen Brown misses 22-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Christian Braun assists)
  • Jaylen Brown misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot
  • Derrick White misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Xavier Tillman makes 23-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three point shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Xavier Tillman blocks Aaron Gordon 's 4-foot layup
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Hunter Tyson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Sam Hauser misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Julian Strawther makes driving layup (Dario Saric assists)
  • Xavier Tillman makes 23-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • DeAndre Jordan makes 1-foot dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Neemias Queta makes layup (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Julian Strawther misses driving layup
  • Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Neemias Queta blocks Julian Strawther 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Julian Strawther misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Xavier Tillman misses driving floating jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)
  • Jordan Walsh blocks Dario Saric 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Sam Hauser misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Hauser makes 24-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Jaden Springer misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • DeAndre Jordan misses dunk
  • Jordan Walsh makes 25-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Julian Strawther makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (DeAndre Jordan assists)
  • Jordan Walsh misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Luke Kornet misses layup
  • Sam Hauser misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Hauser makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jaden Springer assists)
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 28-foot three point shot (Sam Hauser assists)
  • Trey Alexander makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luke Kornet misses tip shot
  • Jaden Springer misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Trey Alexander misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luke Kornet makes layup (Sam Hauser assists)
  • Spencer Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Spencer Jones misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Vlatko Cancar misses 37-foot jump bank shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Sam Hauser assists)
  • Jordan Walsh blocks Jalen Pickett 's 37-foot three point shot
  • Drew Peterson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Walsh misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Drew Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Zeke Nnaji misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Baylor Scheierman misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Neemias Queta makes layup (Jordan Walsh assists)
  • Trey Alexander misses two point shot
  • Trey Alexander misses tip shot
  • JD Davison makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Walsh assists)
  • Jalen Pickett makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trey Alexander assists)
  • Drew Peterson makes 2-foot two point shot (Jordan Walsh assists)
  • Jalen Pickett misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Julian Strawther makes 2-foot two point shot (Jalen Pickett assists)
  • Baylor Scheierman misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Drew Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Baylor Scheierman misses two point shot
  • Drew Peterson misses tip shot
  • Jordan Walsh makes dunk
  • JD Davison misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Drew Peterson makes 1-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Zeke Nnaji misses 16-foot jumper
  • Neemias Queta makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Zeke Nnaji makes 7-foot two point shot (Vlatko Cancar assists)
  • Jordan Walsh makes 25-foot three point jumper (Baylor Scheierman assists)
  • Drew Peterson misses two point shot
  • Jalen Pickett misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Lonnie Walker IV misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Drew Peterson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonnie Walker IV assists)
  • Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot dunk (Jahmir Young assists)
  • Zeke Nnaji misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Drew Peterson makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Anton Watson assists)
  • Zeke Nnaji makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trey Alexander assists)
  • JD Davison misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • JD Davison blocks Trey Alexander 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Dmytro Skapintsev makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (JD Davison assists)
  • Lonnie Walker IV misses driving floating jump shot
  • Zeke Nnaji makes driving dunk (Jahmir Young assists)
  • Jahmir Young makes two point shot
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