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Celtics defense extinguishes Nuggets in ‘money-time’ | NBA

After a very committed and disputed first quarter on the offensive level (32-30 for Denver, 25 points from the Jokic – Barton – Gordon trio), the Nuggets created a first gap in the score through a second quarter. defensively successful. At the break, Mike Malone’s men are at +9 (60-51), after having limited the Celtics to 21 points in the 2nd quarter. On the Boston side, the Jay’s duo is the most prominent.

The second half, on the other hand, turns in favor of the residents of the TD Garden. Very clumsy during the third quarter (11/29), the Celtics manage to get back into the game because the Nuggets… are even more clumsy (8/24)! This third act is a real purge and sees Boston pick up at -3 after 36 minutes (79-76).

The two formations exchange baskets during a large part of the 4th quarter and actually shine above all by their clumsiness… Until the “money-time”, better negotiated by the Celtics. Although Ime Udoka’s troops stammer their basketball in attack (7/20, 1/9 for Tatum & Brown), they manage to rely on their defense, which has been impressive for several weeks, to create a substantial lead (104- 97) in the last minute. Then in the game of free throws during the last seconds, the locals are doing well, and sign a 7th consecutive success (108-102).

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Successful first for Derrick White. Arrived only a few hours ago, on the evening of the “deadline”, the back succeeded in his first game under the green tunic: off the bench, he compiled 15 points (6/12), 6 rebounds and 2 assists. And an iron defense that is not necessarily seen in the stats sheet.

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A purge behind the bow. Boston finished the game 10/37 (27%) behind the 3-point line, Denver 11/44 (25%). Fans of outside shooting certainly did not get off on this meeting, marked overall by a big general clumsiness (39/90 in Denver, 39/98 in Boston). It is for this reason that it is Boston’s defense that allows him to make the difference in “money-time”.

TOPS/FLOPS

Jayson Tatum. Very clumsy (8/19), and ghostly offensively during the last quarter, the All-Star winger nevertheless guided the Celtics during the first three quarters, particularly in the first half with several good shots to keep Boston afloat, but also through high quality defensive efforts. It was a disjointed game from Tatum, just like his team, but ultimately “all-around” (6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals).

Robert WilliamsIII. The pivot signs a huge double-double: 15 points at 7/12, 16 rebounds, but also 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks. If Jayson Tatum was the strongman of the first half, Williams was the boss of the second half, including providing valuable defensive deterrence at several key moments in the fourth quarter.

Nikola Jokic. The Serb was obviously the engine of his team, and his best player. Despite the defeat, he recorded a consequent triple-double (23 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists). Very, very big negative point of his performance however: the loss of balls, since the “Joker” has… nine!!

⛔️ Jaylen Brown. Rather good in the first half, the back however sank after the break (1/10 on shots in the second half). In difficulty in attack, Brown managed to compensate for his offensive uselessness with an interesting contribution in other areas: 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. But the whole left something to be desired, and the victory of Boston fortunately mitigates this failure.

THE FOLLOWING

Boston (32-25): Hawks reception, Sunday night

Denver (30-25): complicated back-to-back in Toronto

Celtics / 108 Shots Bounces
Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating
J. Tatum 37 8/19 1/8 7/8 2 4 6 5 1 3 2 0 +10 24 24
A.Horford 30 3/8 1/4 2/2 4 7 11 3 0 0 0 3 +2 9 21
R.Williams III 37 7/12 0/0 1/2 6 10 16 2 4 2 0 3 +3 15 32
Mr. Smart 39 6/16 2/6 8/10 2 3 5 7 2 5 5 0 +6 22 22
J.Brown 39 4/17 0/6 4/7 0 7 7 4 2 2 2 0 -1 12 7
G.Williams 19 3/6 2/3 0/0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 -4 8 7
D. White 28 6/12 3/7 0/1 2 4 6 2 4 0 2 0 +11 15 14
P. Pritchard 11 1/6 1/3 0/0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 +3 3 2
Total 38/96 10/37 22/30 18 36 54 24 20 13 12 8 108
nuggets / 102 Shots Bounces
Players Minimum Shots 3 points LF O D T pd party Int bp CT +/- Points Rating
I. Green 21 1/6 1/5 4/4 1 3 4 0 1 2 1 0 +8 7 7
A.Gordon 34 8/15 0/5 1/2 1 5 6 2 3 3 2 0 -6 17 18
W.Barton 33 5/10 2/5 1/2 0 6 6 3 2 0 2 0 0 13 14
N.Jokic 34 9/20 3/10 2/4 5 11 16 11 2 0 9 2 +3 23 30
B. Hyland 18 4/7 1/4 1/1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 +2 10 9
Ja. Green 14 2/8 0/3 0/0 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 1 -7 4 4
Z.Nnaji 29 2/6 1/3 0/0 0 4 4 2 3 0 2 1 -11 5 6
F. Campazzo 29 4/9 3/6 3/4 2 2 4 3 5 1 2 1 -9 14 15
A.Rivers 15 2/4 0/2 0/0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 -6 4 4
B. Forbes 12 2/5 0/1 1/1 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 -3 5 6
D.Reed 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0
Total 39/90 11/44 13/18 12 40 52 23 22 7 21 6 102

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