Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets

Feb 25, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	24	24	19	17	84
DEN	21	26	30	26	103

Game Recap

The Nuggets defeated the Celtics, 103-84, holding the Celtics to 36 points on 28.2% shooting in the second half.

Player Stats

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Jaylen BrownSF	33	7-21	1-6	8-9	11	3	0	3	4	2	-12	23
30Sam HauserPF	24	2-5	1-2	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	2	-2	5
88Neemias QuetaC	28	4-6	0-1	2-2	4	1	0	1	2	4	-7	10
55Baylor ScheiermanSG	24	3-9	3-8	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	1	-16	9
9Derrick WhitePG	32	6-14	4-9	4-4	6	3	1	3	3	0	-20	20
4Nikola Vucevic	22	1-7	0-4	0-0	8	1	0	0	0	2	-9	2
11Payton Pritchard	27	1-6	1-3	0-0	3	4	2	0	0	3	-13	3
28Hugo Gonzalez	10	2-4	1-3	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	1	-4	5
13Ron Harper Jr.	10	1-7	1-7	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	2	-4	3
27Jordan Walsh	13	2-2	0-0	0-1	3	0	0	0	0	2	-4	4
52Luka Garza	5	0-1	0-0	0-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	-2	0
45Dalano Banton	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-2	0
8John Tonje	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	29-8334.9%	12-4327.9%	14-1877.8%	48	18	4	8	13	20	-	84

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0Christian BraunSF	27	2-5	2-5	0-0	7	2	0	0	0	3	-2	6
23Cameron JohnsonPF	34	4-11	3-6	0-0	5	3	0	0	1	1	+17	11
15Nikola JokicC	32	11-28	4-13	4-7	12	6	0	0	1	2	+13	30
3Julian StrawtherSG	26	5-9	2-5	0-0	1	1	1	1	3	4	+2	12
27Jamal MurrayPG	7	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	21	5-9	1-4	3-5	4	4	0	0	0	0	+13	14
21Spencer Jones	25	2-5	1-2	1-2	7	0	0	1	0	3	+22	6
11Bruce Brown	27	1-8	0-3	2-2	4	5	2	0	3	2	+8	4
17Jonas Valanciūnas	12	5-7	1-1	0-0	6	2	0	1	0	1	+7	11
22Zeke Nnaji	6	0-1	0-1	0-2	3	0	0	1	0	1	+1	0
25KJ Simpson	14	1-5	0-0	0-0	4	4	1	0	0	0	+13	2
14DaRon Holmes II	2	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	5

TOTAL	-	39-9341.9%	15-4334.9%	10-1855.6%	54	28	4	4	8	18	-	103

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterBOSDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball N. Queta vs. N. Jokic: Tip to D. White
(11:37) MISS D. White 16' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(11:35) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(11:20) MISS N. Jokic 25' 3PT
(11:18) J. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:04) MISS J. Brown 25' pullup 3PT
(11:03) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:54) J. Murray cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
02
+2 (10:43) N. Queta cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (S. Hauser 1 AST)
22
+3 (10:11) N. Jokic 3PT turnaround fadeaway (3 PTS)
25
(9:59) MISS D. White 25' 3PT
(9:54) D. White REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (9:48) B. Scheierman 24' 3PT step back (3 PTS) (D. White 1 AST)
55
(9:32) MISS N. Jokic 26' 3PT
(9:28) J. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (9:12) J. Brown 8' turnaround bank Jump Shot (2 PTS)
75
(9:12) J. Murray shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Brown 1 FT)
+1 (9:12) J. Brown Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
85
+3 (8:58) C. Johnson 25' 3PT pullup (3 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
88
+2 (8:36) N. Queta Hook (4 PTS) (J. Brown 1 AST)
108
(8:24) MISS N. Jokic 9' pullup Shot - blocked
(8:24) D. White BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:23) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:22) N. Jokic 8' Hook (5 PTS)
1010
(8:13) J. Brown lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(8:04) MISS J. Murray 26' 3PT
(8:01) C. Braun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:52) MISS N. Jokic 8' driving floating Shot
(7:50) N. Queta REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:43) N. Queta offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(7:43) N. Queta offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(7:26) N. Vucevic personal FOUL (1 PF)
(7:20) MISS C. Johnson 3PT
(7:16) N. Queta REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:02) N. Queta lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (2 TO)
(6:48) MISS N. Jokic 25' 3PT
(6:45) N. Queta REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (6:38) J. Brown running finger roll Layup (5 PTS)
1210
+3 (6:24) J. Strawther 27' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
1213
(6:12) C. Braun shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Brown 2 FT)
(6:12) DEN Timeout
+1 (6:12) J. Brown Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
1313
+1 (6:12) J. Brown Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
1413
(6:00) MISS C. Braun 26' 3PT
(5:58) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(5:52) P. Pritchard personal FOUL (1 PF)
(5:43) MISS C. Braun 26' 3PT
(5:41) N. Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:19) MISS J. Brown 26' step back 3PT
(5:17) B. Scheierman REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (5:08) J. Brown driving Layup (9 PTS)
1613
(4:57) MISS J. Strawther 26' pullup 3PT
(4:55) N. Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:51) MISS B. Scheierman 29' running 3PT
(4:48) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(4:48) J. Strawther loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
(4:35) MISS H. Gonzalez 25' pullup 3PT
(4:34) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(4:19) MISS J. Murray 26' pullup 3PT
(4:16) C. Braun REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+3 (4:12) C. Braun 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
1616
(4:09) BOS Timeout
(3:56) S. Jones personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (3:49) P. Pritchard 31' 3PT pullup (3 PTS)
1916
(3:30) MISS N. Jokic 17' Jump Shot
(3:27) J. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(3:13) MISS R. Harper Jr. 3PT
(3:10) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(3:05) MISS T. Hardaway Jr. 24' running 3PT
(3:02) J. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(2:50) MISS J. Brown 6' driving Layup
(2:47) T. Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:42) N. Jokic running Layup (7 PTS) (T. Hardaway Jr. 1 AST)
1918
(2:18) MISS H. Gonzalez 3PT
(2:15) S. Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:07) MISS N. Jokic 25' pullup 3PT
(2:02) H. Gonzalez REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:56) MISS R. Harper Jr. 3PT
(1:53) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (1:41) N. Jokic 6' turnaround Hook (9 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
1920
+3 (1:18) J. Brown 26' 3PT (12 PTS) (R. Harper Jr. 1 AST)
2220
(1:13) N. Jokic bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:58) MISS P. Pritchard 10' driving floating Shot
(0:57) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(0:52) MISS T. Hardaway Jr. running Layup
(0:50) R. Harper Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:32) MISS J. Brown 15' pullup Shot
(0:28) T. Hardaway Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:25) P. Pritchard personal FOUL (2 PF)
(0:10) H. Gonzalez personal FOUL (1 PF) (Hardaway Jr. 2 FT)
(0:10) MISS T. Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:10) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (0:10) T. Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2221
+2 (0:01) N. Queta alley-oop Layup (6 PTS) (P. Pritchard 1 AST)
2421

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

DEN

84Points103

29-83(34.9%)Field Goal(%)39-93(41.9%)

12-43(27.9%)3-Point(%)15-43(34.9%)

14-18(77.8%)Free Throw(%)10-18(55.6%)

48(9)Rebounds(Offensive)54(14)

18Assists28

4Steals4

8Blocks4

13Turnovers8

20Fouls18

28Pts In The Paint42

6Fast Break Pts14

5Pts Off Turnovers14

17Bench Pts42

8Largest Lead19

Game Details

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,763 (103.5%)

tv: ESPN