1/1/2023 Denver v. Boston Game Preview

Boston Celtics (26-11, 11-6 away)
Denver Nuggets (24-12, 14-3 home)
January 1, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Ball Arena
Denver, Colorado

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Season Series - Tied 1-1

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Nov 11, 2022 Denver Boston 112 - 131 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Jan 1, 2023 Boston Denver 111 - 123 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena

2022-2023 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
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Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Nov 11, 2022 Denver Boston 112 - 131 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 20, 2022 Boston Denver 124 - 104 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 11, 2022 Denver Boston 102 - 108 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Apr 11, 2021 Boston Denver 105 - 87 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 16, 2021 Denver Boston 99 - 112 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Dec 6, 2019 Denver Boston 95 - 108 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Nov 22, 2019 Boston Denver 92 - 96 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 18, 2019 Denver Boston 114 - 105 Denver Regular Season TD Garden
Nov 5, 2018 Boston Denver 107 - 115 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 29, 2018 Boston Denver 111 - 110 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 13, 2017 Denver Boston 118 - 124 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 10, 2017 Boston Denver 99 - 119 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 6, 2016 Denver Boston 123 - 107 Denver Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 21, 2016 Boston Denver 121 - 101 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 27, 2016 Denver Boston 103 - 111 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 4, 2015 Denver Boston 100 - 104 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Jan 23, 2015 Boston Denver 100 - 99 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 7, 2014 Boston Denver 98 - 129 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 6, 2013 Denver Boston 98 - 106 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 19, 2013 Boston Denver 90 - 97 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 10, 2013 Denver Boston 114 - 118 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 17, 2012 Boston Denver 91 - 98 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 24, 2011 Boston Denver 75 - 89 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 8, 2010 Denver Boston 89 - 105 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 24, 2010 Denver Boston 99 - 113 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 21, 2010 Boston Denver 105 - 114 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 23, 2009 Boston Denver 114 - 76 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 14, 2008 Denver Boston 94 - 85 Denver Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 19, 2008 Boston Denver 118 - 124 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 7, 2007 Denver Boston 93 - 119 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Dec 26, 2006 Boston Denver 105 - 116 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 15, 2006 Denver Boston 114 - 119 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 12, 2006 Denver Boston 101 - 106 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Jan 2, 2006 Boston Denver 110 - 120 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 23, 2005 Boston Denver 86 - 107 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 15, 2004 Denver Boston 100 - 99 Denver Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 17, 2004 Denver Boston 100 - 104 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Dec 7, 2003 Boston Denver 116 - 111 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 22, 2003 Boston Denver 80 - 90 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 24, 2003 Denver Boston 58 - 77 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 12, 2002 Boston Denver 110 - 93 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 5, 2001 Denver Boston 80 - 95 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 16, 2001 Boston Denver 87 - 83 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 10, 2000 Denver Boston 102 - 104 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Dec 30, 1999 Boston Denver 102 - 94 Boston Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 8, 1999 Denver Boston 90 - 115 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 5, 1999 Denver Boston 94 - 102 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 10, 1998 Boston Denver 99 - 112 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 12, 1997 Denver Boston 86 - 96 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Dec 30, 1996 Boston Denver 104 - 102 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 15, 1996 Denver Boston 82 - 80 Denver Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 22, 1996 Denver Boston 98 - 99 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 18, 1996 Boston Denver 93 - 117 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 19, 1994 Boston Denver 85 - 104 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 12, 1994 Denver Boston 103 - 113 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 23, 1994 Boston Denver 94 - 102 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Jan 16, 1994 Denver Boston 100 - 105 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Mar 18, 1993 Boston Denver 105 - 101 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 9, 1992 Denver Boston 119 - 129 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Dec 28, 1991 Boston Denver 90 - 97 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 9, 1991 Denver Boston 94 - 132 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 17, 1991 Boston Denver 126 - 108 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 5, 1990 Denver Boston 140 - 148 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 25, 1990 Boston Denver 115 - 107 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 8, 1989 Denver Boston 103 - 102 Denver Regular Season Boston Garden
Mar 12, 1989 Denver Boston 115 - 121 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Dec 27, 1988 Boston Denver 109 - 130 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 17, 1988 Boston Denver 125 - 138 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 9, 1987 Denver Boston 124 - 119 Denver Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 10, 1987 Boston Denver 119 - 105 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 3, 1986 Denver Boston 113 - 119 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 20, 1986 Boston Denver 100 - 102 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Jan 15, 1986 Denver Boston 100 - 123 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 20, 1985 Boston Denver 129 - 132 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 5, 1984 Denver Boston 107 - 123 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Dec 9, 1983 Denver Boston 90 - 119 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Nov 15, 1983 Boston Denver 140 - 124 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 30, 1982 Boston Denver 145 - 132 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 12, 1982 Denver Boston 112 - 126 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 5, 1982 Denver Boston 144 - 145 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Dec 29, 1981 Boston Denver 123 - 128 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 15, 1981 Boston Denver 120 - 118 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 23, 1980 Denver Boston 128 - 136 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 23, 1980 Boston Denver 124 - 105 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 28, 1979 Denver Boston 97 - 119 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Apr 6, 1979 Denver Boston 107 - 101 Denver Regular Season Boston Garden
Mar 23, 1979 Boston Denver 113 - 137 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Jan 6, 1979 Boston Denver 98 - 127 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 17, 1978 Denver Boston 118 - 120 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Mar 29, 1978 Boston Denver 106 - 109 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Mar 19, 1978 Denver Boston 95 - 122 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 19, 1978 Boston Denver 115 - 118 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 4, 1977 Denver Boston 109 - 107 Denver Regular Season Boston Garden
Mar 6, 1977 Denver Boston 110 - 112 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden
Feb 27, 1977 Boston Denver 100 - 121 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 26, 1976 Boston Denver 103 - 101 Boston Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 19, 1976 Denver Boston 108 - 112 Boston Regular Season Boston Garden

2022-2023 Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Smart D. White J. Brown J. Tatum A. Horford
Rotation   M. Brogdon S. Hauser G. Williams R. Williams
Rotation       M. Muscala B. Griffin
Rotation         L. Kornet
Lim PT P. Pritchard     D. Gallinari  
Lim PT J. Davison     M. Kabengele  

2022-2023 Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Murray K. Caldwell-Pope M. Porter, Jr. A. Gordon N. Jokic
Rotation   B. Brown, Jr. C. Braun J. Green Z. Nnaji
Lim PT R. Jackson   P. Watson V. Cancar T. Bryant
Lim PT I. Smith     J. White D. Jordan
Lim PT C. Gillespie        

Boston Celtics Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
13 Malcolm Brogdon SG 63 25.8 14.6 5.1 10.6 .484 2.0 4.4 .447 2.4 2.7 .876 0.6 3.6 4.2 3.7 0.6 0.3 1.4 1.6
7 Jaylen Brown SF 64 35.9 26.8 10.1 20.5 .494 2.5 7.3 .340 4.1 5.3 .769 1.2 5.7 6.9 3.4 1.1 0.4 3.0 2.6
20 J.D. Davison F 10 2.7 1.1 0.5 1.3 .385 0.1 0.4 .250 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4
8 Danilo Gallinari SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
91 Blake Griffin PF 35 14.1 4.3 1.7 3.4 .492 0.6 1.7 .345 0.5 0.7 .615 1.1 2.6 3.7 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.9
30 Sam Hauser SF 74 15.7 6.1 2.1 4.7 .450 1.7 4.0 .418 0.2 0.2 .706 0.4 2.1 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.3
42 Al Horford FC 60 30.6 9.7 3.6 7.5 .477 2.2 5.0 .447 0.2 0.3 .714 1.1 5.1 6.2 3.0 0.5 1.0 0.6 1.9
43 Justin Jackson F 23 4.7 0.9 0.3 1.2 .259 0.2 0.9 .250 0.0 0.1 .500 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3
28 Mfiondu Kabengele SF 2 7.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 1.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5
40 Luke Kornet F 63 11.4 3.8 1.7 2.4 .693 0.0 0.2 .273 0.5 0.6 .811 1.3 1.5 2.8 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.2
11 Payton Pritchard PG 46 12.4 4.7 1.8 4.6 .390 0.9 2.8 .331 0.2 0.3 .733 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.8
36 Marcus Smart PG 58 32.3 11.4 4.0 9.7 .417 1.8 5.4 .339 1.5 2.0 .757 0.7 2.4 3.1 6.3 1.5 0.4 2.4 2.8
0 Jayson Tatum SF 70 37.3 30.1 9.8 21.3 .462 3.2 9.4 .344 7.2 8.4 .854 1.1 7.8 8.9 4.7 1.0 0.7 3.0 2.2
4 Noah Vonleh FC 23 7.4 1.1 0.5 1.0 .458 0.0 0.2 .250 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.5
9 Derrick White G 76 28.3 12.3 4.2 9.1 .463 1.8 4.7 .387 2.0 2.3 .874 0.6 2.9 3.5 4.0 0.7 0.9 1.1 2.2
12 Grant Williams SF 73 26.5 8.3 2.8 6.1 .453 1.5 3.8 .398 1.2 1.6 .789 1.1 3.6 4.7 1.7 0.6 0.4 1.1 2.5
44 Robert Williams PF 32 23.4 8.0 3.7 4.9 .741 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.1 .639 3.0 5.4 8.4 1.4 0.6 1.2 0.9 2.0

Denver Nuggets Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
0 Christian Braun SF 69 14.6 4.2 1.7 3.3 .496 0.4 1.1 .392 0.4 0.7 .625 0.6 1.7 2.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.3
11 Bruce Brown, Jr. SG 74 28.2 11.0 4.3 8.9 .482 1.2 3.3 .368 1.3 1.7 .750 0.7 3.3 4.0 3.3 1.0 0.6 1.6 2.4
5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG 72 31.6 10.9 3.9 8.3 .466 1.8 4.2 .425 1.3 1.6 .822 0.5 2.3 2.8 2.5 1.4 0.4 1.1 1.9
31 Vlatko Cancar SF 53 15.2 5.2 1.9 3.9 .490 0.8 2.0 .400 0.6 0.6 .938 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.5
21 Collin Gillespie PG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
50 Aaron Gordon F 63 30.0 16.4 6.3 11.0 .575 0.9 2.6 .350 2.9 4.6 .623 2.3 4.1 6.5 2.9 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.9
32 Jeff Green F 51 19.3 7.8 2.9 5.8 .498 0.5 1.7 .292 1.5 2.0 .740 0.6 1.8 2.5 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.8
3 Bones Hyland G 42 19.5 12.1 4.1 10.3 .399 2.2 5.7 .378 1.7 2.0 .866 0.2 1.8 2.0 3.0 0.7 0.3 1.6 1.6
15 Nikola Jokic C 67 33.9 24.9 9.5 15.0 .634 0.9 2.2 .390 5.1 6.1 .823 2.5 9.4 11.9 9.9 1.2 0.7 3.5 2.6
6 DeAndre Jordan C 35 14.3 4.8 2.1 2.8 .773 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.5 1.2 .439 1.2 3.6 4.8 0.9 0.2 0.6 1.2 1.9
27 Jamal Murray SG 61 33.1 20.1 7.4 16.2 .454 2.6 6.6 .400 2.8 3.4 .825 0.7 3.3 4.0 6.2 1.0 0.2 2.2 1.6
22 Zeke Nnaji PF 48 13.2 5.0 2.0 3.4 .580 0.3 1.0 .271 0.8 1.2 .672 1.2 1.2 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.9
1 Michael Porter, Jr. PF 58 29.0 17.3 6.4 12.9 .491 3.0 7.2 .422 1.6 1.9 .811 1.0 4.5 5.4 1.1 0.6 0.5 1.1 2.0
9 Davon Reed SF 35 9.0 2.3 0.7 2.3 .312 0.5 1.3 .364 0.4 0.6 .750 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.0
14 Ish Smith PG 38 8.6 2.4 1.2 2.7 .431 0.1 0.2 .333 0.0 0.1 .500 0.1 1.1 1.2 2.1 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.8
8 Peyton Watson GF 16 3.2 1.9 0.8 1.4 .565 0.2 0.4 .667 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
10 Jack White SF 16 3.2 1.2 0.4 1.0 .438 0.2 0.5 .375 0.1 0.2 .667 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5

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