Celtics (109) vs Nuggets (115) · Mar 7, 2024

FINAL

Mar 7, 2024

Game Recap

Denver defeats Boston, 115-109. For Denver, Nikola Jokic led the way as he recorded his 20th triple-double of the season with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists while aided by Jamal Murray recording 19 points, six rebounds, eight assists, and two steals in the victory. Jaylen Brown recorded a season-high 41 points, 14 rebounds, and two steals with Kristaps Porzingis tallying 24 points and 12 rebounds for Boston in the losing effort. Denver improves to 43-20 on the season, while Boston moves to 48-14 with the loss.

Box Score

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

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
7Jaylen BrownSF	41	16-29	2-7	7-14	14	4	2	0	2	4	41	+5
0Jayson TatumPF	38	5-13	2-5	3-4	4	8	2	0	5	4	15	-2
8Kristaps PorzingisC	35	9-23	3-10	3-4	12	2	1	1	3	2	24	+6
9Derrick WhiteSG	36	3-8	0-4	1-1	5	6	1	1	1	4	7	-2
4Jrue HolidayPG	34	5-10	2-6	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	2	12	-6
42Al Horford	18	0-2	0-1	2-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	-10
26Xavier Tillman	13	1-2	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	-12
30Sam Hauser	10	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	-8
11Payton Pritchard	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1
12Oshae Brissett	— did not play —												— did not play —
40Luke Kornet	— did not play —												— did not play —
50Svi Mykhailiuk	— did not play —												— did not play —
44Jaden Springer	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	41-9145.1%	11-3828.9%	16-2564%	47	24	6	3	12	18	109	-

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	30	4-9	1-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	4	9	-4
50Aaron GordonPF	34	8-15	0-2	0-0	9	1	1	0	0	2	16	-6
15Nikola JokicC	38	11-19	0-0	10-10	12	11	2	0	0	1	32	+9
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	33	4-7	1-4	2-2	3	1	3	0	2	3	11	-3
27Jamal MurrayPG	37	7-18	1-4	4-4	6	8	2	0	5	2	19	+4
7Reggie Jackson	11	2-7	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	+2
0Christian Braun	16	2-3	0-1	3-4	6	1	0	0	0	4	7	+9
8Peyton Watson	17	5-9	1-4	0-0	4	1	1	2	0	1	11	+11
9Justin Holiday	13	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	+6
22Zeke Nnaji	8	1-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	4	+2
30Jay Huff	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Jalen Pickett	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Julian Strawther	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Hunter Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	45-9050%	4-2119%	21-2295.5%	45	27	10	4	7	19	115	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterbosden

(11:57) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. K. Porzingis: Tip to K. Caldwell-Pope
+2 (11:45) M. Porter Jr. cutting Layup (2 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
02
(11:29) MISS J. Holiday 9' driving floating Shot
(11:27) J. Holiday REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:24) MISS D. White 3PT
(11:20) D. White REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (11:07) J. Tatum 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Brown 1 AST)
32
(10:45) MISS J. Murray reverse Layup
(10:44) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(10:36) J. Murray bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(10:36) K. Porzingis STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:31) D. White running finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (K. Porzingis 1 AST)
52
+2 (10:13) K. Caldwell-Pope 20' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
54
+2 (9:56) K. Porzingis 9' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (J. Tatum 1 AST)
74
+2 (9:39) A. Gordon DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
76
+2 (9:25) J. Holiday driving Layup (2 PTS)
96
(9:09) MISS J. Murray 15' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(9:07) K. Porzingis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:01) D. White bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:01) N. Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(8:57) J. Murray lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(8:57) D. White STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:55) J. Brown alley-oop DUNK (2 PTS) (D. White 1 AST)
116
(8:43) J. Brown personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (8:31) N. Jokic driving DUNK (2 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
118
+2 (8:22) J. Brown 8' driving floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
138
(8:21) J. Brown technical FOUL (1 Tech)
+1 (8:21) J. Murray technical Free Throw 1 of 1 (1 PTS)
139
+2 (8:03) J. Murray 9' driving floating Jump Shot (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
1311
+2 (7:54) J. Brown driving Layup (6 PTS)
1511
(7:36) MISS A. Gordon 3PT
(7:33) J. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:30) MISS J. Brown 24' running pullup 3PT
(7:26) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (7:21) M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT running (5 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
1514
(6:59) MISS K. Porzingis 27' 3PT
(6:56) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:46) MISS A. Gordon 13' pullup Shot
(6:43) K. Porzingis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:43) M. Porter Jr. personal FOUL (1 PF)
(6:43) DEN Timeout
(6:31) A. Gordon shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Brown 2 FT)
(6:31) MISS J. Brown Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:31) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (6:31) J. Brown Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
1614
(6:17) D. White shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
+1 (6:17) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1615
+1 (6:17) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1616
+2 (6:04) J. Tatum 16' pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1816
(5:41) MISS J. Murray 15' fadeaway Shot
(5:39) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(5:30) K. Caldwell-Pope personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (5:16) K. Porzingis Layup (4 PTS) (J. Brown 2 AST)
2016
(5:05) MISS R. Jackson driving Layup - blocked
(5:05) D. White BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:03) K. Porzingis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:54) MISS A. Horford 26' 3PT
(4:51) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (4:33) R. Jackson driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS)
2018
+3 (4:19) J. Tatum 25' 3PT pullup (8 PTS)
2318
(4:04) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' pullup 3PT
(4:01) D. White REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(3:54) MISS J. Tatum driving floating bank Shot
(3:52) J. Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(3:50) MISS K. Porzingis 26' 3PT
(3:50) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:33) MISS R. Jackson 6' driving floating Shot
(3:32) K. Porzingis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(3:27) MISS J. Brown 7' driving floating Shot
(3:26) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:17) A. Horford personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (3:06) P. Watson 19' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 4 AST)
2320
(2:47) J. Tatum bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:47) P. Watson STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (2:42) J. Holiday running Layup (2 PTS) (P. Watson 1 AST)
2322
(2:34) MISS J. Holiday pullup 3PT
(2:34) C. Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:10) MISS P. Watson 3PT
(2:07) X. Tillman REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:57) S. Hauser 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Holiday 1 AST)
2622
(1:38) J. Tatum defensive-3-second technical FOUL (1 Tech)
(1:38) BOS Timeout
+1 (1:38) N. Jokic technical Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
2623
(1:25) MISS N. Jokic 7' turnaround Hook
(1:22) A. Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:14) MISS J. Tatum driving Layup
(1:13) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (1:08) C. Braun running DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 5 AST)
2625
(0:50) MISS S. Hauser 26' 3PT
(0:48) A. Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:42) X. Tillman driving reverse Layup (2 PTS) (S. Hauser 1 AST)
2825
+2 (0:33) N. Jokic 7' turnaround Jump Shot (7 PTS)
2827
(0:12) MISS X. Tillman 3PT
(0:09) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(0:04) J. Holiday take personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (0:00) J. Murray 30' 3PT pullup (6 PTS)
2830

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

DEN

109Points115

41-91(45.1%)Field Goal(%)45-90(50.0%)

11-38(28.9%)3-Point(%)4-21(19.0%)

16-25(64.0%)Free Throw(%)21-22(95.5%)

47(13)Rebounds(Offensive)45(8)

24Assists27

6Steals10

3Blocks4

12Turnovers7

18Fouls19

54Pts In The Paint66

11Fast Break Pts19

6Pts Off Turnovers16

10Bench Pts28

5Largest Lead12

Game Details

Thursday, March 7, 2024 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,855 (104.0%)

tv: TNT