Denver Nuggets 99, Boston Celtics 112 — Recap

February 16, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 99, Boston Celtics 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 26-30 BOS; Q2 DEN 28-29 BOS; Q3 DEN 21-27 BOS; Q4 DEN 24-26 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 43 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 16-of-23 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; Kemba Walker (BOS) 17 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

43 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 16-23 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

27 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

25 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Facundo Campazzo · Season-high 8 assists

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
DEN	26	28	21	24		99
BOS	30	29	27	26		112

🧮 How They Scored

DENBOS

42Points in the paint38

12Fast-break points6

13Second-chance points15

23Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.6%Effective FG%57.4%

15.8%Turnover %18.1%

25.0%Offensive rebound %27.0%

0.179Free-throw rate0.259

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Facundo Campazzo G	40	15	3	8	2	1	1	5-12	2-6	3-4	-2
Nikola Jokic C	38	43	6	5	2	1	3	16-23	3-5	8-8	+2
Jamal Murray G	33	25	6	6	3	0	9	9-16	4-8	3-3	-1
JaMychal Green F	29	2	6	1	1	0	1	1-7	0-2	0-0	+4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-18
R.J. Hampton G	24	4	4	0	0	0	0	2-6	0-2	0-0	-16
Michael Porter Jr. F	24	0	7	3	0	1	0	0-8	0-5	0-0	+2
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	10	6	1	0	1	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	-15
Markus Howard G	10	0	1	1	2	0	1	0-4	0-3	0-0	-12
Vlatko Cancar F	6	2	2	1	1	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-9

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	37	27	5	5	0	0	7	11-20	5-10	0-0	+5
Jayson Tatum F	33	21	6	8	1	0	4	6-18	1-8	8-8	+8
Kemba Walker G	31	17	1	4	0	0	3	5-13	3-8	4-4	-5
Semi Ojeleye F	30	8	5	0	0	0	0	3-9	2-7	0-0	-1
Tristan Thompson C-F	28	9	12	0	0	0	2	3-4	0-1	3-4	+1
Aaron Nesmith G-F	24	9	4	0	0	1	0	2-4	2-4	3-4	+20
Payton Pritchard G	23	8	1	7	0	0	1	3-5	1-3	1-1	+19
Robert Williams III C-F	20	8	8	2	5	0	1	4-4	0-0	0-0	+12
Javonte Green G-F	15	5	1	0	1	0	2	2-4	1-1	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	43	81.1	34.9	+1.3	30.4
Jamal Murray	Bench	33	25	72.2	33.8	-4.6	18.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	40	15	54.5	16.3	-5.1	11.1
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	10	6	100.0	11.5	-62.5	15.4
R.J. Hampton	Bench	24	4	33.3	10.5	-34.4	0.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	26	2	33.3	4.6	-36.0	1.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	6	2	50.0	28.6	-69.2	13.6
JaMychal Green	Bench	29	2	14.3	12.1	+5.1	-2.9
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	24	0	0.0	15.1	+4.2	-0.5
Markus Howard	Bench	10	0	0.0	20.0	-50.0	-4.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	37	27	67.5	31.4	+6.7	12.4
Jayson Tatum	Bench	33	21	48.8	32.5	+13.4	13.4
Kemba Walker	Bench	31	17	57.6	22.7	-7.7	9.6
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	24	9	78.1	9.4	+36.2	8.7
Tristan Thompson	Bench	28	9	78.1	12.1	+3.7	9.2
Robert Williams III	Bench	20	8	100.0	10.4	+33.4	23.5
Payton Pritchard	Bench	23	8	73.5	10.9	+36.9	11.1
Semi Ojeleye	Bench	30	8	44.4	13.4	+1.8	6.0
Javonte Green	Bench	15	5	62.5	16.7	+23.1	-1.9