Denver Nuggets 114, Boston Celtics 110 — Recap

January 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 114, Boston Celtics 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 31-35 BOS; Q2 DEN 27-23 BOS; Q3 DEN 21-24 BOS; Q4 DEN 35-28 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 33 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 14-of-29 shooting; Peyton Watson (DEN) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 17 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

33 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 14-29 FG

Scoring · DEN

Peyton Watson

30 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

22 PTS, 8 REB, 17 AST, 3 3PM · 8-18 FG

Season highs

Neemias Queta · Season-high 20 reboundsJamal Murray · Season-high 17 assistsPeyton Watson · Season-high 6 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 13 largest lead Q4 2:24 (DEN 106, BOS 93) · 14-0 run, Q4 7:07–Q4 4:00

BOS 9 largest lead Q3 4:25 (DEN 63, BOS 72) · 12-0 run, Q3 9:59–Q3 4:25

Swings 26 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Jamal Murray makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Q4 6:12, DEN 92, BOS 90).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	31	27	21	35		114
BOS	35	23	24	28		110

🧮 How They Scored

DENBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

49Bench points31

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.3%Effective FG%53.2%

6.7%Turnover %12.1%

27.3%Offensive rebound %43.8%

0.276Free-throw rate0.158

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson G	37	30	6	2	1	2	4	10-15	6-7	4-8	+4
Jamal Murray G	37	22	8	17	1	0	2	8-18	3-9	3-4	-1
Christian Braun G	30	5	5	2	0	1	1	2-5	1-1	0-1	+4
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	26	14	2	0	1	1	0	4-9	4-8	2-2	+4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	25	12	2	1	2	2	0	3-9	1-3	5-7	+6
Aaron Gordon F	23	12	6	2	0	0	0	5-12	2-6	0-0	+2
Jalen Pickett G	21	7	4	2	0	0	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	+7
Bruce Brown G	19	4	1	0	2	0	0	2-6	0-1	0-0	-3
DaRon Holmes II F	13	6	2	1	0	2	0	2-6	2-5	0-0	-2
Spencer Jones F	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	-1

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	34	33	7	4	1	0	7	14-29	4-6	1-3	-14
Derrick White G	34	17	4	4	0	3	2	7-19	3-12	0-0	-14
Payton Pritchard G	34	17	5	2	2	0	0	5-13	1-6	6-6	-5
Sam Hauser F	30	6	2	2	2	1	2	2-6	2-6	0-0	+4
Anfernee Simons G	26	15	4	2	0	0	2	6-9	3-4	0-0	-9
Neemias Queta C	24	6	20	0	0	0	0	3-8	0-0	0-0	-16
Hugo González G	21	3	4	0	0	2	1	1-4	1-2	0-2	+9
Luka Garza C	19	11	5	0	0	0	0	5-5	1-1	0-0	+8
Jordan Walsh G	14	1	1	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	1-2	+4
Baylor Scheierman G	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	+13

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Peyton Watson	Starter	37	30	81.0	26.1	+5.3	13.5
Jamal Murray	Starter	37	22	55.7	25.6	-1.4	19.3
DaRon Holmes II	Starter	13	6	50.0	20.7	-7.4	9.5
Christian Braun	Starter	30	5	46.0	8.8	+8.7	5.2
Spencer Jones	Starter	09	2	53.2	10.5	-5.6	7.4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	26	14	70.9	16.7	+3.2	11.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	23	12	50.0	21.8	-1.2	13.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	25	12	49.7	21.8	+12.8	6.1
Jalen Pickett	Bench	21	7	58.3	13.3	+17.9	13.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	19	4	33.3	14.6	-11.0	1.7
Julian Strawther	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	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	Starter	34	33	54.4	46.8	-22.8	10.9
Derrick White	Starter	34	17	44.7	26.3	-18.5	7.6
Payton Pritchard	Starter	34	17	54.3	18.1	-7.1	10.9
Neemias Queta	Starter	24	6	37.5	12.3	-41.4	14.9
Sam Hauser	Starter	30	6	50.0	10.5	+10.4	3.0
Anfernee Simons	Bench	26	15	83.3	18.3	-13.9	14.3
Luka Garza	Bench	19	11	110.0	11.4	+14.8	16.7
Hugo González	Bench	21	3	30.7	11.1	+29.3	0.6
Jordan Walsh	Bench	14	1	17.4	8.6	+17.7	-2.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	04	1	56.8	7.1	+132.2	4.5
Chris Boucher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0