Denver Nuggets 103, Boston Celtics 110 — Recap

March 2, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 103, Boston Celtics 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 20-32 BOS; Q2 DEN 28-29 BOS; Q3 DEN 29-22 BOS; Q4 DEN 26-27 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Christian Braun (DEN) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 20 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Al Horford (BOS) 19 points, 8 rebounds, null assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

26 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Christian Braun

24 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

22 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 6-15 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
DEN	20	28	29	26		103
BOS	32	29	22	27		110

🧮 How They Scored

DENBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.7%Effective FG%57.9%

10.7%Turnover %13.9%

19.5%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.151Free-throw rate0.329

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Braun G	47	24	6	3	4	1	1	10-22	2-8	2-2	-2
Jamal Murray G	40	26	6	7	1	—	3	11-20	2-7	2-2	-3
Michael Porter Jr. F	40	10	5	2	1	—	1	3-9	2-6	2-4	-11
Nikola Jokic C	39	20	14	9	2	—	2	9-15	2-3	—	—
Russell Westbrook G	36	12	3	6	2	1	3	5-13	2-8	0-1	-3
Julian Strawther G	14	4	—	—	—	—	1	1-4	0-1	2-2	-18
DeAndre Jordan C	9	1	3	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	1-2	-7
Zeke Nnaji F-C	8	3	—	—	1	—	—	1-1	1-1	—	+4
Jalen Pickett G	8	3	1	—	—	—	—	1-1	1-1	—	+5

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	38	16	11	7	—	—	6	4-15	1-7	7-8	-2
Jaylen Brown G	37	22	5	8	2	2	5	6-15	2-4	8-9	+10
Al Horford C-F	35	19	8	—	3	—	2	7-12	1-3	4-4	+4
Derrick White G	33	17	3	2	2	—	—	6-13	5-11	—	+6
Luke Kornet F-C	31	8	1	4	—	1	—	3-5	—	2-4	-4
Payton Pritchard G	26	11	1	3	—	—	—	4-7	3-5	—	+10
Neemias Queta C	17	8	10	1	—	—	—	4-5	—	—	+11
Sam Hauser F	17	8	3	1	—	1	1	3-4	2-3	—	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	40	26	62.3	27.9	-5.5	14.2
Christian Braun	Bench	47	24	52.4	22.1	-5.9	10.8
Nikola Jokic	Bench	39	20	66.7	19.3	-2.8	20.4
Russell Westbrook	Bench	36	12	44.6	19.0	-10.2	5.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	40	10	46.5	13.5	-17.0	4.1
Julian Strawther	Bench	14	4	41.0	20.0	-66.7	-1.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	8	3	150.0	5.9	+25.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	8	3	150.0	6.3	+38.3	12.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	9	1	26.6	11.1	-46.7	2.5
Dario Saric	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spencer Jones	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	37	22	58.0	30.4	+15.4	13.5
Al Horford	Bench	35	19	69.0	21.3	+8.9	14.1
Derrick White	Bench	33	17	65.4	18.8	+10.7	10.1
Jayson Tatum	Bench	38	16	43.2	27.9	+1.9	6.4
Payton Pritchard	Bench	26	11	78.6	12.5	+22.8	11.7
Luke Kornet	Bench	31	8	59.2	10.6	-4.7	5.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	17	8	80.0	13.5	+35.5	21.2
Sam Hauser	Bench	17	8	100.0	12.8	+12.1	12.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JD Davison	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0