The Denver Nuggets were down a Most Valuable Player-caliber candidate in Nikola Jokic, and the Boston Celtics without their own in Jayson Tatum. But if you ask Nuggets head coach David Adelman, neither of these two absences proved critical in Denver stealing a win off Boston on their own home court despite playing with a number of key players on the sidelines for both ball clubs.

BOTTOM LINE: Boston heads into a matchup with Denver as winners of four consecutive games. The Celtics are 11-5 in home games. Boston has a 10-7 record against opponents over .500. The Nuggets are 14-7 on the road. Denver is seventh in the NBA with 33.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Nikola Jokic averaging 9.1.

The Denver Nuggets lost another rotational player due to injury vs. the Boston Celtics. The Denver Nuggets saw another one of their rotational players, two-way forward Spencer Jones, go down with a foot injury against the Boston Celtics.

The Boston Celtics will be taking on the Denver Nuggets in a banger of a game. Both teams at the moment are looking pretty poised to get towards a probable championship run. With Jaylen Brown allegedly ‘snubbed’ in the MVP talks, the Celtics will try to strengthen their position by securing a win against the Nuggets.

Jamal Murray had 22 points and 17 assists and Peyton Watson scored 30 for the Denver Nuggets, who went on a 14-0 run to rally from a fourth-quarter deficit and pull away to beat the Boston Celtics 114

The Celtics lost to the Nuggets 114-110 Wednesday night, snapping a five-game win streak for Boston. The post Jaylen Brown scores 33, but Celtics fall to shorthanded Nuggets: 6 takeaways appeared first on Boston.

Jamal Murray registró 22 puntos y 17 asistencias, mientras que Peyton Watson sumó 30 unidades por los Nuggets de Denver, quienes lograron una racha de 14-0 para remontar en el último periodo y vencieron el miércoles 114-110 a los Celtics de Boston.