Boston Celtics 111, Denver Nuggets 123 — Recap

January 1, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 111, Denver Nuggets 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 28-37 DEN; Q2 BOS 26-25 DEN; Q3 BOS 31-36 DEN; Q4 BOS 26-25 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 30 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-13 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 30 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists on 7-of-16 shooting; Bruce Brown (DEN) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

30 PTS, 12 REB, 12 AST, 2 3PM · 10-13 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

30 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

25 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Bruce Brown · Season-high 21 points

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	28	26	31	26		111
DEN	37	25	36	25		123

🧮 How They Scored

BOSDEN

60Points in the paint46

12Fast-break points11

15Second-chance points3

20Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%67.7%

11.6%Turnover %13.9%

22.7%Offensive rebound %3.1%

0.310Free-throw rate0.228

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	36	25	7	6	2	0	5	7-16	0-4	11-14	-15
Jaylen Brown G	34	30	8	3	1	0	0	12-20	4-8	2-2	-7
Marcus Smart G	31	4	5	7	1	0	1	2-12	0-4	0-0	-3
Al Horford C-F	30	8	6	3	0	1	0	3-10	2-6	0-0	-7
Grant Williams F	28	9	5	1	1	1	2	2-4	0-1	5-5	-12
Derrick White G	23	13	1	3	1	1	1	5-9	2-5	1-2	-14
Malcolm Brogdon G	20	4	2	4	1	0	1	1-6	0-3	2-2	-13
Robert Williams III C-F	19	8	6	1	0	0	2	4-4	0-0	0-0	-2
Sam Hauser F	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+5
Luke Kornet F-C	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Payton Pritchard G	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	+2
Justin Jackson F	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Noah Vonleh F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	37	18	6	7	2	1	2	6-13	1-2	5-6	+23
Michael Porter Jr. F	33	19	4	2	0	1	3	7-13	3-7	2-2	+11
Nikola Jokic C	32	30	12	12	1	0	0	10-13	2-2	8-8	+14
Bruce Brown G	30	21	3	2	1	1	3	8-14	4-6	1-1	+5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	30	6	3	4	1	0	1	2-7	2-3	0-0	+6
Christian Braun G	25	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+7
Nah'Shon Hyland G	19	17	2	4	0	0	4	7-12	3-7	0-1	+5
Vlatko Cancar F	17	8	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	-4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	12	2	1	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Ish Smith G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Davon Reed G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Jack White F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	34	30	71.8	25.0	-8.0	17.5
Jayson Tatum	Bench	36	25	56.4	32.9	-13.2	11.9
Derrick White	Bench	23	13	65.8	21.2	-19.0	9.3
Grant Williams	Bench	28	9	72.6	12.7	-18.6	6.5
Al Horford	Bench	30	8	40.0	13.2	-7.1	6.1
Robert Williams III	Bench	19	8	100.0	14.6	+3.7	12.9
Sam Hauser	Bench	11	5	83.3	12.0	+21.7	10.1
Luke Kornet	Bench	2	4	100.0	40.0	+40.0	42.9
Marcus Smart	Bench	31	4	16.7	16.7	-2.7	1.2
Malcolm Brogdon	Bench	20	4	29.1	19.5	-24.8	4.7
Payton Pritchard	Bench	2	1	56.8	40.0	+40.0	-14.3
Blake Griffin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Justin Jackson	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	+40.0	28.6
Noah Vonleh	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+40.0	14.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	32	30	90.8	21.6	+18.2	29.6
Bruce Brown	Bench	30	21	72.7	24.3	+5.8	11.1
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	33	19	68.4	23.0	+13.7	8.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	37	18	57.5	20.9	+24.0	11.2
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	19	17	68.3	41.0	+10.3	12.7
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	17	8	100.0	11.4	-18.8	6.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	30	6	42.9	11.6	+5.7	2.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	12	2	100.0	4.0	+16.8	6.0
Christian Braun	Bench	25	2	100.0	3.8	+11.6	1.9
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	2	0	0.0	25.0	-100.0	-20.0
Davon Reed	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	20.0
Jack White	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	0.0