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Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics

February 25, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Celtics 103-84 on 2026-02-25 at home. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 5 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Cameron Johnson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 15 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Nikola Vučević as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Denver Nuggets 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cameron Johnson GS 34:49 11 5 3 0 0 1 1 4-11 3-6 0-0 +17
Nikola Jokić GS 32:57 30 12 6 0 0 1 2 11-28 4-13 4-7 +13
Christian Braun GS 27:31 6 7 2 0 0 0 3 2-5 2-5 0-0 -2
Julian Strawther GS 26:00 12 1 1 1 1 3 4 5-9 2-5 0-0 +2
Jamal Murray GS 7:51 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-2 0-0 0
Bruce Brown 27:37 4 4 5 2 0 3 2 1-8 0-3 2-2 +8
Spencer Jones 25:49 6 7 0 0 1 0 3 2-5 1-2 1-2 +22
Tim Hardaway Jr. 21:18 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 5-9 1-4 3-5 +13
KJ Simpson 14:17 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 1-5 0-0 0-0 +13
Jonas Valančiūnas 12:18 11 6 2 0 1 0 1 5-7 1-1 0-0 +7
Zeke Nnaji 6:58 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-2 +1
DaRon Holmes II 2:34 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 1-1 0-0 +1
Totals 103 54 28 4 4 8 18 39-93 15-43 10-18

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Boston Celtics 84

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylen Brown GS 33:46 23 11 3 0 3 4 2 7-21 1-6 8-9 -12
Derrick White GS 32:40 20 6 3 1 3 3 0 6-14 4-9 4-4 -20
Neemias Queta GS 28:21 10 4 1 0 1 2 4 4-6 0-1 2-2 -7
Baylor Scheierman GS 24:32 9 4 0 0 0 1 1 3-9 3-8 0-0 -16
Sam Hauser GS 24:22 5 4 1 0 0 1 2 2-5 1-2 0-0 -2
Payton Pritchard 27:45 3 3 4 2 0 0 3 1-6 1-3 0-0 -13
Nikola Vučević 22:58 2 8 1 0 0 0 2 1-7 0-4 0-0 -9
Jordan Walsh 13:41 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2-2 0-0 0-1 -4
Ron Harper Jr. 10:39 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 1-7 1-7 0-0 -4
Hugo González 10:10 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 2-4 1-3 0-0 -4
Luka Garza 5:33 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-2 -2
Dalano Banton 5:33 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 84 48 18 4 8 13 20 29-83 12-43 14-18

Did not play: John Tonje (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

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Starting lineup

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Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Cameron Johnson Jaylen Brown: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derrick White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Nikola Jokić Nikola Vučević: 30 poss., 14 pts (5/11) · Neemias Queta: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/7)
Christian Braun Derrick White: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Brown: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown Baylor Scheierman: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Julian Strawther Sam Hauser: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Spencer Jones Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derrick White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
KJ Simpson Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jonas Valanciunas Neemias Queta: 14 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Nikola Vučević: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji Derrick White: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray Baylor Scheierman: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
DaRon Holmes II Luka Garza: 2 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jordan Walsh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaylen Brown Christian Braun: 25 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Derrick White Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Payton Pritchard KJ Simpson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Baylor Scheierman Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Julian Strawther: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jonas Valanciunas: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević Nikola Jokić: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Christian Braun: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Julian Strawther: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Cameron Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ron Harper Jr. Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Julian Strawther: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza Spencer Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Jokić: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalano Banton Bruce Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)