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Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets

January 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Celtics 114-110 on 2026-01-07 on the road against the Celtics. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser. The Nuggets started Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, DaRon Holmes II, and Spencer Jones. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 19 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Sam Hauser as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 7 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BOS

Boston Celtics 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	34:15	33	7	4	1	0	7	5	14-29	4-6	1-3	-14
Derrick White GS	34:11	17	4	4	0	3	2	2	7-19	3-12	0-0	-14
Payton Pritchard GS	33:43	17	5	2	2	0	0	2	5-13	1-6	6-6	-5
Sam Hauser GS	29:42	6	2	2	2	1	2	3	2-6	2-6	0-0	+4
Neemias Queta GS	24:27	6	20	0	0	0	0	3	3-8	0-0	0-0	-16
Anfernee Simons	25:42	15	4	2	0	0	2	0	6-9	3-4	0-0	-9
Hugo González	20:45	3	4	0	0	2	1	1	1-4	1-2	0-2	+9
Luka Garza	19:23	11	5	0	0	0	0	1	5-5	1-1	0-0	+8
Jordan Walsh	13:45	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0-2	0-1	1-2	+4
Baylor Scheierman	4:07	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	+13
Totals		110	53	16	6	6	14	20	43-95	15-38	9-15

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Josh Minott (DND - Injury/Illness), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	37:17	30	6	2	1	2	4	5	10-15	6-7	4-8	+4
Jamal Murray GS	36:40	22	8	17	1	0	2	2	8-18	3-9	3-4	-1
Christian Braun GS	29:39	5	5	2	0	1	1	1	2-5	1-1	0-1	+4
DaRon Holmes II GS	13:25	6	2	1	0	2	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	-2
Spencer Jones GS	9:06	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	-1
Tim Hardaway Jr.	26:06	14	2	0	1	1	0	1	4-9	4-8	2-2	+4
Zeke Nnaji	24:52	12	2	1	2	2	0	3	3-9	1-3	5-7	+6
Aaron Gordon	23:26	12	6	2	0	0	0	0	5-12	2-6	0-0	+2
Jalen Pickett	20:31	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	+7
Bruce Brown	19:00	4	1	0	2	0	0	2	2-6	0-1	0-0	-3
Totals		114	39	27	7	8	7	15	39-87	20-44	16-24

Did not play: Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser Starter 8.6 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Hugo González 6.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Hugo González 4.7 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 3.8 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 3.0 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson · DaRon Holmes II · Spencer Jones Starter 7.5 min
Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson 9.0 min
Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson · DaRon Holmes II 5.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji 5.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 4.5 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Celtics defense

Jamal Murray 19 pts (7/10) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Hauser (18 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Brown (18 %, 5 pts) · Hugo González (17 %, 3 pts)
Aaron Gordon 22 pts (10/15) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Hugo González (26 %, 0 pts) · Neemias Queta (15 %, 4 pts) · Luka Garza (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Payton Pritchard	Christian Braun: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Bruce Brown: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Brown	Peyton Watson: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Derrick White	Christian Braun: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Sam Hauser	Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Christian Braun: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Zeke Nnaji: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · DaRon Holmes II: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Hugo González	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Aaron Gordon: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Zeke Nnaji: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh	Zeke Nnaji: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Jalen Pickett: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Jaylen Brown 7 pts (2/6) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (29 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (23 %, 2 pts) · Spencer Jones (9 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 15 pts (6/11) in 41 possessions

Guarded by: Tim Hardaway Jr. (51 %, 6 pts) · Peyton Watson (13 %, 5 pts) · Jamal Murray (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Jaylen Brown: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Payton Pritchard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Peyton Watson	Jaylen Brown: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Christian Braun	Payton Pritchard: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Neemias Queta: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Garza: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Anfernee Simons: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon	Hugo González: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Neemias Queta: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jalen Pickett	Derrick White: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Payton Pritchard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luka Garza: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Neemias Queta: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Spencer Jones	Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)