Denver Nuggets 102, Boston Celtics 108 — Recap

February 11, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 102, Boston Celtics 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 32-30 BOS; Q2 DEN 28-21 BOS; Q3 DEN 19-25 BOS; Q4 DEN 23-32 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 23 points, 16 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-15 shooting; Robert Williams III (BOS) 15 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

24 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 8-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

23 PTS, 16 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Marcus Smart

22 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 6-16 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
DEN	32	28	19	23		102
BOS	30	21	25	32		108

🧮 How They Scored

DENBOS

46Points in the paint54

12Fast-break points14

18Second-chance points20

13Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.4%Effective FG%44.8%

17.7%Turnover %9.9%

25.0%Offensive rebound %31.0%

0.200Free-throw rate0.313

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	34	23	16	11	0	2	9	9-20	3-10	2-4	+3
Aaron Gordon F	34	17	6	2	3	0	2	8-15	0-5	1-2	-6
Will Barton G	33	13	6	3	0	0	2	5-10	2-5	1-2	0
Facundo Campazzo G	29	14	4	3	1	1	2	4-9	3-6	3-4	-9
Zeke Nnaji F-C	29	5	4	2	0	1	2	2-6	1-3	0-0	-11
Jeff Green F	21	7	4	0	2	0	1	1-6	1-5	4-4	+8
Nah'Shon Hyland G	18	10	2	0	0	0	0	4-7	1-4	1-1	+2
Austin Rivers G	15	4	2	1	0	0	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	-6
JaMychal Green F	14	4	5	1	0	1	1	2-8	0-3	0-0	-7
Bryn Forbes G	12	5	3	0	1	1	1	2-5	0-1	1-1	-3
Davon Reed G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Marcus Smart G	39	22	5	7	4	0	5	6-16	2-6	8-10	+6
Jaylen Brown G	39	12	7	4	2	0	2	4-17	0-6	4-7	-1
Jayson Tatum F	37	24	6	5	3	0	2	8-19	1-8	7-8	+10
Robert Williams III C-F	37	15	16	2	2	3	0	7-12	0-0	1-2	+3
Al Horford C-F	30	9	11	3	0	3	0	3-8	1-4	2-2	+2
Derrick White G	28	15	6	2	1	0	2	6-12	3-7	0-1	+11
Grant Williams F	19	8	1	0	0	2	1	3-6	2-3	0-0	-4
Payton Pritchard G	11	3	2	1	1	0	0	1-6	1-3	0-0	+3

🔬 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	34	23	52.8	35.6	+2.6	19.4
Aaron Gordon	Bench	34	17	53.5	20.7	-8.0	11.6
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	29	14	65.1	17.6	-18.0	7.5
Will Barton	Bench	33	13	59.7	15.5	0.0	9.7
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	18	10	67.2	15.2	+7.3	9.3
Jeff Green	Bench	21	7	45.1	16.1	+16.7	6.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	29	5	41.7	11.3	-21.9	2.3
Bryn Forbes	Bench	12	5	46.0	19.4	-14.8	11.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	14	4	25.0	25.0	-27.0	3.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	15	4	50.0	12.5	-28.5	4.5
Davon Reed	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-16.7	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	37	24	53.3	25.0	+13.6	16.5
Marcus Smart	Bench	39	22	53.9	25.5	+7.0	12.1
Derrick White	Bench	28	15	60.3	20.0	+20.3	9.2
Robert Williams III	Bench	37	15	58.2	13.7	+3.7	16.8
Jaylen Brown	Bench	39	12	29.9	21.8	0.0	3.6
Al Horford	Bench	30	9	50.7	11.4	+5.7	16.0
Grant Williams	Bench	19	8	66.7	15.9	+0.3	2.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	11	3	25.0	21.4	+20.3	-3.9