Boston Celtics 105, Denver Nuggets 87 — Recap

April 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 105, Denver Nuggets 87. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 16-27 DEN; Q2 BOS 29-24 DEN; Q3 BOS 29-28 DEN; Q4 BOS 31-8 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 28 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 22 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists on 6-of-15 shooting; Kemba Walker (BOS) 14 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

28 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 9-23 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

22 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 9-23 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

20 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-15 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

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

🧮 How They Scored

BOSDEN

56Points in the paint46

13Fast-break points8

21Second-chance points13

11Points off turnovers4

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.9%Effective FG%40.9%

8.5%Turnover %8.6%

23.3%Offensive rebound %23.6%

0.264Free-throw rate0.205

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	36	20	8	3	0	2	0	8-15	2-7	2-3	+16
Marcus Smart G	34	14	4	5	0	0	0	4-11	2-6	4-5	-5
Jayson Tatum F	33	28	10	2	1	0	2	9-23	2-7	8-8	+3
Kemba Walker G	33	14	5	6	1	1	1	6-15	0-7	2-2	-2
Robert Williams III C-F	27	10	8	1	1	2	2	5-6	0-0	0-0	+17
Grant Williams F	20	2	2	1	0	1	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	+23
Tristan Thompson C-F	19	9	4	0	1	1	1	4-6	0-0	1-2	+1
Romeo Langford G	16	5	5	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	3-3	+18
Payton Pritchard G	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Semi Ojeleye F	9	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	+4
Aaron Nesmith G-F	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3
Carsen Edwards G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Moritz Wagner C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	35	22	11	0	1	1	0	9-23	1-12	3-3	+8
Will Barton G	34	13	6	3	1	0	2	4-11	1-3	4-5	-4
Facundo Campazzo G	33	14	3	4	0	1	2	5-6	3-3	1-1	+1
Nikola Jokic C	32	17	10	11	1	1	2	6-15	0-2	5-7	+9
Aaron Gordon F	31	7	7	2	0	1	0	2-5	1-3	2-2	+10
Monte Morris G	19	2	3	2	0	0	0	1-6	0-0	0-0	-23
PJ Dozier G-F	17	7	1	0	0	0	0	3-6	1-2	0-0	-30
JaMychal Green F	14	3	3	0	0	0	2	1-6	1-4	0-0	-23
Paul Millsap F	12	2	1	0	1	0	1	1-5	0-1	0-0	-23
Zeke Nnaji F-C	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-6
Bol Bol C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Vlatko Cancar F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Markus Howard G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	33	28	52.8	36.5	+7.9	19.1
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	20	61.3	20.3	+27.3	14.7
Marcus Smart	Bench	34	14	53.0	17.3	-5.9	7.8
Kemba Walker	Bench	33	14	44.1	21.1	-1.4	11.9
Robert Williams III	Bench	27	10	83.3	13.6	+31.0	12.5
Tristan Thompson	Bench	19	9	65.4	18.6	+10.4	12.4
Romeo Langford	Bench	16	5	57.9	10.8	+58.2	16.9
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	2	3	150.0	33.3	+100.0	100.0
Grant Williams	Bench	20	2	33.3	10.9	+57.7	0.8
Moritz Wagner	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	66.7
Payton Pritchard	Bench	10	0	0.0	9.5	+39.5	0.0
Semi Ojeleye	Bench	9	0	0.0	15.8	+25.0	-2.4
Carsen Edwards	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	35	22	45.2	30.8	+8.6	13.3
Nikola Jokic	Bench	32	17	47.0	29.4	+14.5	17.1
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	33	14	108.7	10.4	-0.1	12.7
Will Barton	Bench	34	13	49.2	18.1	-8.8	8.2
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	7	59.5	8.8	+15.0	9.6
PJ Dozier	Bench	17	7	58.3	15.4	-85.7	10.1
JaMychal Green	Bench	14	3	25.0	25.0	-72.9	-17.9
Paul Millsap	Bench	12	2	20.0	20.7	-94.2	-23.9
Monte Morris	Bench	19	2	16.7	15.0	-62.2	1.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	8	0	0.0	20.0	-34.8	-9.8
Bol Bol	Bench	2	0	0.0	25.0	-100.0	-33.3
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	2	0	0.0	25.0	-100.0	-33.3
Markus Howard	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0