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Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets

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Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

BOS

Season leaders, per game

DEN
The teams side by side: Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets compared, with league ranks
BOSStatDEN
56–26Record54–28
Offense
7.9(better), 4th in the leagueNet rating7th in the league, 5.1
118.1, 2nd in the leagueOffensive rating1st in the league, 120.3(better)
97.1, 30th in the leaguePace20th in the league, 100.2
55.3, 11th in the leagueeFG%1st in the league, 57.7(better)
10.5(better), 1st in the leagueTOV%3rd in the league, 10.9
29.2(better), 6th in the leagueOREB%25th in the league, 23.6
0.207, 30th in the leagueFT rate4th in the league, 0.294(better)
Defense
110.2(better), 4th in the leagueDefensive rating21st in the league, 115.3
52.3(better), 4th in the leagueOpp. eFG%15th in the league, 54.3
11.0(better), 26th in the leagueOpp. TOV%30th in the league, 10.0
75.7(better), 4th in the leagueDREB%7th in the league, 75.3
0.245(better), 6th in the leagueOpp. FT rate12th in the league, 0.254

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Boston Celtics

Nobody listed.

Denver Nuggets

Key players · BOS: Boston Celtics key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Derrick White34.116.54.45.411.2 / 3.2 / 4.05.0
Payton Pritchard32.417.03.95.217.8 / 2.8 / 5.61.8
Paul George30.617.35.33.615.0 / 4.6 / 2.62.4
Neemias Queta25.310.28.41.713.2 / 8.4 / 2.63.9
Sam Hauser24.79.23.81.511.2 / 4.2 / 2.61.5
Key players · DEN: Denver Nuggets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Jamal Murray35.425.44.47.123.6 / 4.6 / 6.82.8
Nikola Jokic34.827.712.910.725.4 / 12.6 / 9.87.2
Christian Braun31.812.04.82.714.6 / 5.0 / 2.00.8
DeMar DeRozan31.318.42.94.121.2 / 2.6 / 4.6-1.0
Cameron Johnson30.512.23.82.415.4 / 5.2 / 3.82.0

Last five games

Boston Celtics: Boston Celtics: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 2 vs PHILost 100–109––
Apr 30 @ PHILost 93–106––
Apr 28 vs PHILost 97–113––
Apr 26 @ PHIWon 128–96––
Apr 24 @ PHIWon 108–100––
Denver Nuggets: Denver Nuggets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 30 @ MINLost 98–110––
Apr 27 vs MINWon 125–113––
Apr 25 @ MINLost 96–112––
Apr 23 @ MINLost 96–113––
Apr 20 vs MINLost 114–119––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1DET6022.732–8-2
2BOS5626.68348-2
3NYK5329.64676-4
4CLE5230.63487-3
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1OKC6418.780–7-3
2SAS6220.75628-2
3DEN5428.6591010-0
4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

BOS attack against DEN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards48.2 (lg 49.8) , 20th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 19th in the league14.1 (lg 14.2) , 18th in the league
Forwards39.3 (lg 37.4) , 7th in the league15.1 (lg 15.3) , 17th in the league7.9 (lg 7.0) , 2nd in the league
Centers10.0 (lg 10.7) , 20th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 24th in the league1.3 (lg 1.9) , 29th in the league
DEN attack against BOS defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards46.0 (lg 49.8) , 29th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 18th in the league13.7 (lg 14.2) , 19th in the league
Forwards34.4 (lg 37.4) , 28th in the league13.9 (lg 15.3) , 28th in the league6.1 (lg 7.0) , 28th in the league
Centers9.3 (lg 10.7) , 26th in the league6.8 (lg 7.5) , 27th in the league1.4 (lg 1.9) , 28th in the league

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