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Denver Nuggets vs Boston Celtics: preview and player stats

Regular season7:30 PM

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets
Boston Celtics

TD Garden · Boston, MA

Head to head: Nuggets vs Celtics, series and next game

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This season before the game

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Who wins?

DEN

Season leaders, per game

BOS
The teams side by side: Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics compared, with league ranks
DENStatBOS
5–4Record9–2
Offense
0.8, 17th in the leagueNet rating1st in the league, 11.9(better)
114.1, 9th in the leagueOffensive rating3rd in the league, 117.4(better)
98.4, 27th in the leaguePace28th in the league, 97.8
54.7, 11th in the leagueeFG%5th in the league, 55.0(better)
12.1(better), 7th in the leagueTOV%8th in the league, 12.2
24.7, 24th in the leagueOREB%6th in the league, 30.7(better)
0.313(better), 6th in the leagueFT rate23rd in the league, 0.264
Defense
113.3, 23rd in the leagueDefensive rating6th in the league, 105.5(better)
54.0, 17th in the leagueOpp. eFG%5th in the league, 50.7(better)
12.9, 18th in the leagueOpp. TOV%7th in the league, 14.2(better)
70.8, 25th in the leagueDREB%24th in the league, 70.9(better)
0.202(better), 1st in the leagueOpp. FT rate11th in the league, 0.274

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Denver Nuggets

  • Julian StrawtherOut· back Nov 29Report updated ·
    Report note

    Injury/Illness - Left Knee Sprain (2026-11-11, DEN@MEM). Prior reporting (2026-10-17): Strawther (knee) was diagnosed with a left knee sprain Friday and will be re-evaluated in six weeks, Vinny Benedetto of The Denver Gazette reports. Strawther suffered the injury in Wednesday's preseason game against the Clippers. The 24-year-old has appeared in 172 regular-season games for the Nuggets since entering the league in 2023, averaging 7.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists over 16.2 minutes per contest. He was in line to compete for an expanded role during the 2026-27 campaign. While that may be the case once Strawther is cleared to suit up, Tyus Jones and potentially Ryan Nembhard are candidates to receive more minutes in the interim.

Boston Celtics

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Key players · DEN: Denver Nuggets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBAST
Jamal Murray36.925.85.15.7
Nikola Jokic36.323.110.89.0
Christian Braun34.112.44.02.2
Aaron Gordon29.311.25.22.1
Cameron Johnson28.010.34.01.7
Key players · BOS: Boston Celtics key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBAST
Jayson Tatum33.526.56.07.4
Paul George30.122.05.23.8
Derrick White29.012.23.15.0
Payton Pritchard26.913.33.53.9
Neemias Queta21.89.06.31.7

Last five games

Denver Nuggets: Denver Nuggets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Nov 9 @ HOULost 100–110+4.5, did not cover224.5, went under
Nov 7 @ INDWon 114–102−7.5, covered229.5, went under
Nov 4 vs TORWon 128–109−4.5, covered231.5, went over
Nov 2 vs PORLost 110–118−4.5, did not cover231.5, went under
Oct 30 @ PHXWon 127–120−4.5, covered231.5, went over
Boston Celtics: Boston Celtics: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Nov 10 @ PHIWon 123–101−1.5, covered217.5, went over
Nov 8 @ MILWon 117–97−13.5, covered222.5, went under
Nov 6 @ CHAWon 119–80−10.5, covered209.5, went under
Nov 4 vs MILWon 109–102−11.5, did not cover222.5, went under
Nov 2 @ HOULost 93–109+4.5, did not cover215.5, went under

Standings

Full standings
Eastern Conference
Team
1BOS92.818–9-1
2PHI93.7500.57-3
3DET73.7001.57-3
Western Conference
Team
8POR73.70027-3
9DAL74.6362.57-3
10DEN54.5563.55-4
11PHX46.40054-6
12NOP47.3645.54-6
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Season series

DEN 0, BOS 0
  1. Nov 18Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets
  2. Feb 9 · this gameDenver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

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