Celtics (111) vs Nuggets (123) · Jan 1, 2023 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Jan 1, 2023

Game Recap

Nikola Jokic recorded 30 points (10-13 FG), 12 rebounds, 12 assists, and 0 turnovers for the Nuggets as they defeated the Celtics, 123-111. Aaron Gordon added 18 points, six rebounds, and seven assists for the Nuggets in the victory, while Jaylen Brown (30 points, eight rebounds) and Jayson Tatum (25 points, seven rebounds, six assists) combined for 55 points for the Celtics in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 24-12 on the season, while the Celtics fall to 24-13.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	28	26	31	26	111
DEN	37	25	36	25	123

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
7Jaylen BrownSF	34	12-20	4-8	2-2	8	3	1	0	0	3	30	-7
0Jayson TatumPF	35	7-16	0-4	11-14	7	6	2	0	5	1	25	-15
42Al HorfordC	30	3-10	2-6	0-0	6	3	0	1	0	0	8	-7
9Derrick WhiteSG	23	5-9	2-5	1-2	1	3	1	1	1	1	13	-14
36Marcus SmartPG	31	2-12	0-4	0-0	5	7	1	0	1	3	4	-3
13Malcolm Brogdon	19	1-6	0-3	2-2	2	4	1	0	1	1	4	-13
44Robert Williams III	18	4-4	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	0	2	2	8	-2
12Grant Williams	27	2-4	0-1	5-5	5	1	1	1	2	3	9	-12
30Sam Hauser	11	2-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	+5
4Noah Vonleh	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
43Justin Jackson	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	+2
40Luke Kornet	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	+2
11Payton Pritchard	2	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	+2
91Blake Griffin	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		40-8746.0%	9-3327.3%	22-2781.5%	41	30	8	3	13	15	111

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	32	7-13	3-7	2-2	4	2	0	1	3	1	19	+11
50Aaron GordonPF	36	6-13	1-2	5-6	6	7	2	1	2	1	18	+23
15Nikola JokicC	32	10-13	2-2	8-8	12	12	1	0	0	1	30	+14
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	29	2-7	2-3	0-0	3	4	1	0	1	4	6	+6
11Bruce BrownPG	30	8-14	4-6	1-1	3	2	1	1	3	1	21	+5
0Christian Braun	25	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	+7
3Bones Hyland	19	7-12	3-7	0-1	2	4	0	0	4	3	17	+5
31Vlatko Cancar	16	3-4	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	-4
22Zeke Nnaji	12	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	+5
10Jack White	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
14Ish Smith	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
9Davon Reed	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL		45-7957.0%	17-3056.7%	16-1888.9%	35	31	5	4	14	17	123

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterbosden

(11:57) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. A. Horford: Tip to A. Gordon
(11:44) MISS N. Jokic 14' Jump Shot
(11:42) J. Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:29) M. Smart bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (11:13) M. Porter Jr. 17' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
02
+3 (10:59) J. Brown 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (M. Smart 1 AST)
32
(10:41) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 18' pullup Shot
(10:38) J. Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:33) J. Brown driving Layup (5 PTS) (J. Tatum 1 AST)
52
+3 (10:23) B. Brown 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
55
(10:04) MISS J. Tatum 25' 3PT
(10:02) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:54) B. Brown 3PT (6 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
58
(9:38) MISS A. Horford 14' Jump Shot
(9:36) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:30) MISS B. Brown running Layup - blocked
(9:30) A. Horford BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:27) J. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:22) D. White driving Layup (2 PTS) (M. Smart 2 AST)
78
(9:22) M. Porter Jr. defensive goaltending VIOLATION
(9:01) MISS A. Gordon 14' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(8:59) J. Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(8:56) MISS J. Tatum 24' running pullup 3PT
(8:52) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:43) N. Jokic finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
710
+3 (8:37) J. Brown 25' 3PT pullup (8 PTS) (M. Smart 3 AST)
1010
+2 (8:25) A. Gordon cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
1012
+2 (8:12) J. Brown driving reverse Layup (10 PTS)
1212
(8:05) J. Tatum shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
+1 (8:05) A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1213
+1 (8:05) A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1214
(7:54) K. Caldwell-Pope shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Brown 2 FT)
+1 (7:54) J. Brown Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
1314
+1 (7:54) J. Brown Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS)
1414
(7:42) MISS N. Jokic turnaround Hook
(7:38) A. Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:36) MISS M. Smart running 3PT
(7:36) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:25) N. Jokic turnaround bank Jump Shot (4 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
1416
(7:25) D. White shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 1 FT)
+1 (7:25) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
1417
(7:13) MISS J. Tatum 24' pullup 3PT
(7:09) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:58) M. Porter Jr. 21' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (A. Gordon 2 AST)
1419
(6:43) MISS J. Brown 26' pullup 3PT
(6:40) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:25) B. Brown 17' driving floating Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1421
+2 (6:11) M. Smart 8' turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1621
(6:01) J. Brown shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
(6:01) DEN Timeout
+1 (6:01) A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
1622
(6:01) MISS A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2
(5:59) M. Brogdon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:36) MISS A. Horford 13' turnaround Shot
(5:33) C. Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:26) A. Gordon DUNK (7 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
1624
(5:13) MISS A. Horford 26' 3PT
(5:10) J. Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(5:08) MISS D. White 3PT
(5:05) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (4:51) N. Jokic turnaround bank Hook (7 PTS)
1626
(4:32) MISS M. Smart 22' pullup Shot
(4:31) M. Smart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (4:26) D. White 3PT (5 PTS) (J. Brown 1 AST)
1926
+3 (4:08) N. Jokic 26' 3PT pullup (10 PTS)
1929
+2 (3:49) J. Brown 14' pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS)
2129
+2 (3:34) N. Jokic driving floating Jump Shot (12 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
2131
(3:16) MISS M. Smart 25' 3PT
(3:15) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(3:10) MISS M. Porter Jr. 15' running pullup Shot
(3:09) M. Smart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:57) MISS D. White 25' 3PT
(2:53) A. Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:47) MISS M. Brogdon 25' 3PT
(2:46) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(2:46) BOS Timeout
(2:35) G. Williams shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
+1 (2:35) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (13 PTS)
2132
+1 (2:35) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (14 PTS)
2133
(2:23) B. Hyland shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Williams 2 FT)
+1 (2:23) G. Williams Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2233
+1 (2:23) G. Williams Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2333
(2:03) B. Hyland bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:03) G. Williams STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:54) R. Williams III driving reverse Layup (2 PTS) (J. Tatum 2 AST)
2533
+2 (1:28) V. Cancar 9' driving floating bank Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2535
+2 (1:10) S. Hauser driving reverse Layup (2 PTS) (J. Tatum 3 AST)
2735
(0:47) MISS B. Hyland step back 3PT
(0:43) J. Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(0:41) V. Cancar shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Tatum 2 FT)
(0:41) MISS J. Tatum Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:41) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (0:41) J. Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2835
+2 (0:26) B. Hyland 12' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2837
(0:05) MISS M. Brogdon 25' 3PT
(0:02) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)

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4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

DEN

111Points123

40-87(46.0%)Field Goal(%)45-79(57.0%)

9-33(27.3%)3-Point(%)17-30(56.7%)

22-27(81.5%)Free Throw(%)16-18(88.9%)

41(10)Rebounds(Offensive)35(1)

30Assists31

8Steals5

3Blocks4

13Turnovers14

15Fouls17

60Pts In The Paint46

12Fast Break Pts11

20Pts Off Turnovers16

31Bench Pts29

3Largest Lead18

Game Details

Sunday, January 1, 2023 · 8:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,641 (102.8%)