Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets

Apr 11, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	16	29	29	31	105
DEN	27	24	28	8	87

Game Recap

The Celtics closed the game on a 40-8 run as they defeated the Nuggets, 105-87, in Denver. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 28 points (14 points in the 4th quarter), along with 10 rebounds, while Jaylen Brown added 20 points and eight rebounds in the victory. Nikola Jokic tallied 17 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for the Nuggets, his 14th triple-double of the season and 55th of his career. The Celtics improve to 28-26 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 34-19.

Player Stats

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Jaylen BrownSF	35	8-15	2-7	2-3	8	3	0	2	0	3	+16	20
0Jayson TatumPF	33	9-23	2-7	8-8	10	2	1	0	2	2	+3	28
44Robert Williams IIIC	26	5-6	0-0	0-0	8	1	1	2	2	3	+17	10
36Marcus SmartSG	34	4-11	2-6	4-5	4	5	0	0	0	4	-5	14
8Kemba WalkerPG	33	6-15	0-7	2-2	5	6	1	1	1	1	-2	14
45Romeo Langford	15	1-3	0-1	3-3	5	0	0	0	0	0	+18	5
12Grant Williams	19	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	1	2	1	+23	2
13Tristan Thompson	18	4-6	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	1	1	3	+1	9
11Payton Pritchard	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	+6	0
37Semi Ojeleye	8	0-3	0-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	+4	0
26Aaron Nesmith	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3	3
20Moritz Wagner	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+3	0
4Carsen Edwards	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3	0
99Tacko Fall	— did not play —												— did not play —
40Luke Kornet	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-8744.8%	7-3321.2%	20-2387.0%	52	20	4	7	9	18	-	105

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	35	9-23	1-12	3-3	11	0	1	1	0	1	+8	22
50Aaron GordonPF	31	2-5	1-3	2-2	7	2	0	1	0	1	+10	7
15Nikola JokicC	31	6-15	0-2	5-7	10	11	1	1	2	3	+9	17
5Will BartonSG	34	4-11	1-3	4-5	6	3	1	0	2	1	-4	13
7Facundo CampazzoPG	33	5-6	3-3	1-1	3	4	0	1	2	1	+1	14
11Monte Morris	18	1-6	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	1	-23	2
35PJ Dozier	17	3-6	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-30	7
0JaMychal Green	14	1-6	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	5	-23	3
22Zeke Nnaji	8	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	2	-6	0
4Paul Millsap	11	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	4	-23	2
10Bol Bol	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
00Markus Howard	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
31Vlatko Cancar	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
34JaVale McGee	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	32-8836.4%	8-3423.5%	15-1883.3%	46	23	5	4	9	20	-	87

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterBOSDEN

(11:58) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Williams III: Tip to Gordon
(11:37) MISS Jokic 5' Turnaround Hook Shot
(11:35) Williams III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:24) Campazzo P.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Lewis)
(11:19) MISS Walker 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:17) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:12) MISS Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:09) Williams III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(10:55) MISS Tatum 12' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:52) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (10:49) Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
03
(10:29) MISS Brown 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:27) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (10:08) Porter Jr. 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
05
+2 (9:50) Walker 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
25
(9:50) Celtics Violation: Delay of game Violation
(9:33) MISS Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:29) Williams III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(9:19) MISS Tatum 13' Driving Layup
(9:19) Gordon BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:19) Williams III REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (9:14) Smart 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Walker 1 AST)
55
+2 (8:53) Barton 2' Layup (2 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
57
(8:40) MISS Smart 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:37) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:25) Porter Jr. 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (7 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
59
(7:57) MISS Tatum 9' Turnaround Jump Shot
(7:53) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+3 (7:50) Barton 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST)
512
(7:49) Celtics Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(7:37) MISS Tatum 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:34) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:17) MISS Barton 3PT Jump Shot
(7:14) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:08) MISS Brown 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(7:05) Barton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:53) Barton Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(6:53) Williams III STEAL (1 STL)
(6:49) MISS Tatum 3' Running Finger Roll Layup
(6:46) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:38) MISS Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:31) Barton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (6:31) Barton Putback Layup (7 PTS)
514
(6:15) MISS Williams III 2' Cutting Dunk Shot
(6:13) Barton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (6:12) Porter Jr. 1' Running Dunk (9 PTS) (Barton 1 AST)
516
+2 (5:53) Walker 13' Fadeaway Jumper (4 PTS)
716
(5:38) Williams III P.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Lewis)
(5:31) MISS Jokic 7' Hook Shot
(5:30) Thompson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:23) Thompson 1' Dunk (2 PTS) (Smart 1 AST)
916
+3 (5:01) Campazzo 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
919
(4:45) MISS Walker 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:42) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(4:38) MISS Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:35) Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:28) MISS Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:24) Langford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:22) MISS Langford 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(4:19) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:15) Barton Discontinue Dribble Turnover (P2.T2)
(4:04) Dozier S.FOUL (P1.T2) (E.Lewis)
(4:04) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(4:04) MISS Smart Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:04) Celtics Rebound
+1 (4:04) Smart Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1019
(3:51) MISS Porter Jr. 3' Turnaround Jump Shot
(3:51) Thompson BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:48) Thompson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:42) MISS Langford 16' Jump Bank Shot
(3:37) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(3:37) MISS Thompson Tip Layup Shot
(3:37) Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (3:29) Dozier 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
1022
(3:13) MISS Williams 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:11) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
(3:06) MISS Porter Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:03) Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:00) Langford 2' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Walker 2 AST)
1222
(3:00) Green S.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Kogut)
+1 (3:00) Langford Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
1322
(2:44) Smart P.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Adams)
+3 (2:35) Green 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
1325
(2:25) Green P.FOUL (P2.T4) (E.Lewis)
(2:17) MISS Smart 15' Jump Shot
(2:14) Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:59) Smart P.FOUL (P2.T3) (B.Adams)
+2 (1:53) Millsap 8' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Morris 2 AST)
1327
+2 (1:26) Thompson 7' Hook Shot (4 PTS)
1527
(1:03) MISS Nnaji 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:59) Langford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:48) MISS Pritchard 8' Floating Jump Shot
(0:47) Celtics Rebound
(0:47) Nnaji L.B.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Adams)
(0:47) MISS Thompson Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:47) Celtics Rebound
+1 (0:47) Thompson Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1627
(0:36) MISS Millsap 4' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(0:33) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:28) Thompson OFF.Foul (P1) (E.Lewis)
(0:28) Thompson Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T1)
(0:09) MISS Morris 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:05) Langford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(0:00) MISS Brown 15' Fadeaway Jumper
(0:00) Celtics Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

DEN

105Points87

39-87(44.8%)Field Goal(%)32-88(36.4%)

7-33(21.2%)3-Point(%)8-34(23.5%)

20-23(87.0%)Free Throw(%)15-18(83.3%)

52(10)Rebounds(Offensive)46(13)

20Assists23

4Steals5

7Blocks4

9Turnovers9

18Fouls20

56Pts In The Paint46

13Fast Break Pts8

11Pts Off Turnovers4

19Bench Pts14

18Largest Lead14

Game Details

Sunday, April 11, 2021 · 3:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 4,032 (21.1%)

tv: NBA TV