The fittest team in the NBA, the Celtics (32-10), lost this Friday in Boston against the last NBA champions, the Denver Nuggets (29-14), and ended their historic streak of 20 wins at home .
The Celtics surrendered at home, where they had sealed the best start in their glorious history and where they had 27 consecutive victories between this and last season.
The top scorer of the game was Jamal Murray, with 35 points, 8 rebounds and one assist. Serbian center Nikola Jokic made the double double of 34 points, 12 recoveries and 9 winning passes. Michael Porter Jr helped with 13 points and 8 rebounds. Video: the performance that Anthony Edwards made in NBA basketball.
For Boston, Derrick White was the one who had the most successes with 24 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and a block. Jayson Tatum had 22 points and 8 rebounds; Latvian center Kristaps Porzingis added 21 points and 8 rebounds; and Jaylen Brown 13 points. Dominican Al Horford played 27 minutes and had 6 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.
Porzingis opened the scoring by hanging from the rim; In three minutes he made three triples out of three attempts; and by the time he reached the middle of the opening quarter he had 13 personal points (18-15). Jokic reached his 11 points with a triple that tied the game at 20 with 4 minutes left in the quarter.
Two baskets by Reggie Jackson coming off the bench, in the last seconds of the quarter, prevented the Celtics from concluding the segment with a considerable lead (32-31).
Tatum scored the first three baskets of the second quarter, but three more consecutive ones from Murray and a dunk from Payton Watson adjusted the score again in the first minutes of the segment (41-40).
Tatum enjoyed hanging on the rim with too much enthusiasm and was called for a technical in the middle of the quarter, which continued with a clean one-handed dunk and a layup from Brown (52-44). This is how Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami began his first international tour.
A dunk by Porzingis and free throws by Tatum gave the Celtics their biggest lead so far (58-46), but Murray and Jokic, adding 19 points each in the first half, cushioned the push of the unstoppable Celtics at home upon arriving at half-time (61-55).
Murray’s third triple tightened the score in the first minutes of the third quarter (64-62) and Jokic’s second long-range attempt of two attempts briefly put the visitors ahead (68-69).
A triple from Horford and two from White, who also scored another from inside, vindicated the Celtic leadership (82-72).
Jokic, adding 30 points; Watson, dunk and jump shot; and Porter Jr, with free throws, kept the game open and tight as it reached the final quarter (82-81).
Three consecutive baskets by Murray starting the fourth quarter put the Nuggets ahead again (84-86).
The furious duel of historical champions tied at 86 and 88 and a triple by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope once again gave the visitors the lead with more than 8 minutes left in the game (89-91). Hader reaches agreement with Astros for five years and $95 million.
White’s fifth triple, a beautiful one-handed and falling mid-distance basket from Tatum and a drive from Brown gave the locals confidence (98-95).
But the Nuggets’ Serbian center did not give up and with a jump shot and hook shot he returned the lead to the visitors (98-99). A dunk by Tatum with 1.41 left put the score at 100-101.
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla called a timeout after being called for violations for invading the free throw area on Jokic and Brown while Aaron Gordon was shooting, who sealed the score at 100-102.
2024-01-21 05:15:55
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