Boston Celtics 84, Denver Nuggets 103 — Recap

February 25, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 84, Denver Nuggets 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 24-21 DEN; Q2 BOS 24-26 DEN; Q3 BOS 19-30 DEN; Q4 BOS 17-26 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 30 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-28 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-9 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 12 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

30 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 11-28 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

23 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 7-21 FG

Scoring · BOS

Derrick White

20 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 6-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 8 largest lead Q2 11:00 (BOS 29, DEN 21) · 7-0 run, Q1 0:00–Q2 11:00

DEN 19 largest lead Q4 4:30 (BOS 72, DEN 91) · 15-0 run, Q3 1:48–Q4 10:19

Swings 18 lead changes Tied 13 times

Ahead for good: Tim Hardaway Jr. makes driving layup (KJ Simpson assists) (Q3 1:48, BOS 67, DEN 68).

Linescore

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

🧮 How They Scored

BOSDEN

28Points in the paint42

6Fast-break points14

9Second-chance points23

5Points off turnovers14

17Bench points42

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

42.7%Effective FG%50.0%

12.6%Turnover %7.3%

18.4%Offensive rebound %26.4%

0.220Free-throw rate0.194

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	34	23	11	3	0	3	4	7-21	1-6	8-9	-12
Derrick White G	33	20	6	3	1	3	3	6-14	4-9	4-4	-20
Neemias Queta C	28	10	4	1	0	1	2	4-6	0-1	2-2	-7
Payton Pritchard G	28	3	3	4	2	0	0	1-6	1-3	0-0	-13
Baylor Scheierman G	24	9	4	0	0	0	1	3-9	3-8	0-0	-16
Sam Hauser F	24	5	4	1	0	0	1	2-5	1-2	0-0	-2
Nikola Vucevic C	23	2	8	1	0	0	0	1-7	0-4	0-0	-9
Jordan Walsh G	14	4	3	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-1	-4
Ron Harper Jr. F	11	3	1	2	0	0	1	1-7	1-7	0-0	-4
Hugo González G	10	5	2	1	1	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	-4
Luka Garza C	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	-2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson F	35	11	5	3	0	0	1	4-11	3-6	0-0	+17
Nikola Jokic C	33	30	12	6	0	0	1	11-28	4-13	4-7	+13
Bruce Brown G	28	4	4	5	2	0	3	1-8	0-3	2-2	+8
Christian Braun G	27	6	7	2	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	-2
Julian Strawther G	26	12	1	1	1	1	3	5-9	2-5	0-0	+2
Spencer Jones F	26	6	7	0	0	1	0	2-5	1-2	1-2	+22
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	21	14	4	4	0	0	0	5-9	1-4	3-5	+13
K.J. Simpson G	14	2	4	4	1	0	0	1-5	0-0	0-0	+13
Jonas Valanciunas C	12	11	6	2	0	1	0	5-7	1-1	0-0	+7
Jamal Murray G	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	0
Zeke Nnaji F-C	7	0	3	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-2	+1
DaRon Holmes II F	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Starter	34	23	46.1	37.2	-17.1	17.3
Derrick White	Starter	33	20	63.5	25.3	-28.6	17.5
Neemias Queta	Starter	28	10	72.7	14.8	-13.2	9.0
Baylor Scheierman	Starter	24	9	50.0	16.9	-33.4	6.8
Sam Hauser	Starter	24	5	50.0	11.3	-4.3	3.3
Hugo González	Bench	10	5	62.5	22.7	-20.0	14.9
Jordan Walsh	Bench	14	4	82.0	6.7	-20.6	6.8
Payton Pritchard	Bench	28	3	25.0	9.7	-21.8	4.2
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	11	3	21.4	32.0	-13.8	-9.2
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	23	2	14.3	13.0	-16.8	3.6
Luka Garza	Bench	05	0	0.0	15.4	-18.2	-9.1
John Tonje	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	33	30	48.3	41.6	+16.7	24.1
Julian Strawther	Starter	26	12	66.7	19.7	+2.1	7.0
Cameron Johnson	Starter	35	11	50.0	14.0	+23.4	7.5
Christian Braun	Starter	27	6	60.0	8.2	-3.6	10.1
Jamal Murray	Starter	08	2	33.3	17.6	+8.8	0.0
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	21	14	62.5	20.8	+31.0	18.8
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	12	11	78.6	23.3	+37.7	37.8
Spencer Jones	Bench	26	6	51.0	9.2	+43.1	6.0
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	03	5	125.0	33.3	+43.3	40.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	28	4	22.5	17.9	+14.0	2.9
K.J. Simpson	Bench	14	2	20.0	14.3	+45.8	10.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	07	0	0.0	11.8	+11.3	-3.0