Denver Nuggets @ Boston Celtics
Game Leaders
Team Stats
49% (34-70)
Field Goal %
49% (44-90)
46% (6-13)
Three Point %
22% (4-18)
68% (25-37)
Free Throw %
81% (21-26)
34
Turnovers
22
47
Rebounds
52
1
Largest Lead
21
Game Information
Boston, MA

Referee:Dick Bavetta
Referee:Marc Davis
Referee:Derek Richardson

Shot Chart
- Kevin Garnett makes layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)
- Nene Hilario misses layup
- Paul Pierce makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Nene Hilario makes driving dunk (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Kendrick Perkins makes slam dunk (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses layup
- Rajon Rondo misses layup
- Arron Afflalo misses free throw 1 of 2
- Arron Afflalo makes free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Pierce misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes two point shot
- Rajon Rondo makes two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes 22-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Johan Petro makes dunk (Nene Hilario assists)
- Nene Hilario misses 21-foot jumper
- Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Arron Afflalo misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Garnett misses 14-foot two point shot
- Kevin Garnett misses 9-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Paul Pierce makes 18-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses layup
- Paul Pierce makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2
- Arron Afflalo makes 23-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Arron Afflalo makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nene Hilario assists)
- Rajon Rondo makes 6-foot running jumper (Ray Allen assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Ray Allen makes driving layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 21-foot jumper
- Johan Petro misses hook shot
- Paul Pierce misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Pierce makes 16-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses 20-foot jumper
- Marquis Daniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rasheed Wallace makes two point shot (Paul Pierce assists)
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 1
- Paul Pierce makes 6-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 22-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 31-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith makes 16-foot jumper
- Rasheed Wallace misses 20-foot jumper
- Michael Finley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rasheed Wallace assists)
- Anthony Carter makes driving layup
- Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Joey Graham makes 22-foot jumper (Malik Allen assists)
- Michael Finley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nate Robinson misses 20-foot jumper
- Tony Allen makes driving layup (Michael Finley assists)
- Rasheed Wallace misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Michael Finley makes 19-foot jumper (Nate Robinson assists)
- Joey Graham misses 12-foot jumper
- Glen Davis misses jumper
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
- Glen Davis makes 2-foot two point shot (Ray Allen assists)
- J.R. Smith makes 5-foot running jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
- Nate Robinson makes 24-foot three pointer
- J.R. Smith makes 23-foot jumper
- Nate Robinson makes jumper
- Nene Hilario makes layup (J.R. Smith assists)
- Kevin Garnett makes 5-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 1 of 1
- Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Ray Allen assists)
- J.R. Smith makes layup (Nene Hilario assists)
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kendrick Perkins misses 5-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses layup
- Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ray Allen makes 14-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Nene Hilario misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nene Hilario misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tony Allen makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Rajon Rondo misses 4-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett misses layup
- Kevin Garnett misses layup
- Rajon Rondo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rajon Rondo misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Garnett misses 13-foot jumper
- Tony Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tony Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Malik Allen makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tony Allen makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kendrick Perkins misses 11-foot two point shot
- Chauncey Billups makes 26-foot three pointer
- Kevin Garnett misses jumper
- Tony Allen makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup
- Ray Allen makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Nene Hilario misses 17-foot jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses 17-foot jumper
- Kendrick Perkins makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Kendrick Perkins makes free throw 1 of 1
- Ray Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Arron Afflalo makes 26-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Paul Pierce makes 20-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses 21-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett misses layup
- Kendrick Perkins makes layup
- Carmelo Anthony misses layup
- Kevin Garnett misses jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Pierce misses 11-foot jumper
- Ray Allen makes 13-foot two point shot (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses 15-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes 14-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses layup
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Andersen misses 21-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes 21-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses layup
- Arron Afflalo misses three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rajon Rondo makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes 9-foot two point shot
- Paul Pierce misses 13-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce makes jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kevin Garnett misses 18-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo makes 24-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Kevin Garnett makes 9-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Ray Allen misses 19-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 11-foot jumper
- Chris Andersen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ray Allen makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes dunk
- Ray Allen misses 22-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes 16-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Finley makes two point shot (Nate Robinson assists)
- Nate Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith makes 29-foot three point jumper (Chris Andersen assists)
- Nate Robinson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Tony Allen makes 2-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes 17-foot jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
- Nate Robinson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes 2-foot two point shot
- Ty Lawson makes jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 20-foot jumper
- Nate Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nene Hilario misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
- Paul Pierce makes driving layup
- J.R. Smith makes 17-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- J.R. Smith misses layup
- Ray Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ray Allen makes technical free throw
- Ray Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ray Allen makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses layup
- Paul Pierce makes driving layup
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 1
- Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses layup
- Kevin Garnett misses layup
- Chauncey Billups misses 10-foot two point shot
- Chauncey Billups misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 19-foot jumper
- Joey Graham makes three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Ray Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tony Allen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tony Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes technical free throw
- Carmelo Anthony misses 15-foot jumper
- Nene Hilario makes layup
- Nene Hilario misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kevin Garnett misses 4-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 2 of 2
- Arron Afflalo makes 21-foot jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses 12-foot two point shot
- Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rajon Rondo makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shelden Williams misses 17-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Data is currently unavailable.
Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
Eastern Conference
| Atlantic | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 56 | 26 | .683 | - | W2 |
| New York | 53 | 29 | .646 | 3 | L1 |
| Toronto | 46 | 36 | .561 | 10 | W1 |
| Philadelphia | 45 | 37 | .549 | 11 | W2 |
| Brooklyn | 20 | 62 | .244 | 36 | L3 |
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