Jamal Murray has had to adjust to playing without Nikola Jokic, and life isn't as easy as it is with the MVP on the floor.

DENVER — The road did the Celtics good to begin 2025, and they return home after a successful swing against four Western Conference teams with winning records, one bad quarter away from an undefeated trip.

A night without the Nuggets’ starting frontcourt provided a more in-depth look at two of the most important players to Denver’s rest-of-season outlook. With Aaron Gordon missing a seventh ...

Boston Celtics defeated the Denver Nuggets on the road Tuesday night grabbing a 118-106 win against a tough Western Conference opponent. Boston returns home for twin games at TD Garden over the weekend.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, right, gets trapped with the ball by Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown and center Al Horford, left, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David ...

The Celtics and Nuggets got off to hot shooting starts in the opening minutes. Kristaps Porzingis scored nine early Boston points and Porter Jr, Westbrook, and Murray all hit threes for Denver. There wasn’t much defense being played until a Jayson Tatum block led to a Porzingis alley-oop on the other end.

After squandering a 15-point first half lead, the Celtics and Nuggets played a nip and tuck game for most of the second half until Boston took command midway through the fourth quarter. With Jamal Murray on the bench, the Celtics erupted with a 15-0 run, breaking the game open in the final five minutes of the win.

Jayson Tatum had 29 points, Kristaps Porzingis finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds and the visiting Boston Celtics beat the short-handed Denver Nuggets 118-106 on Tuesday night.

Playing without center Nikola Jokic, who was scratched before the game with a non-COVID illness, t Nuggets pushed the Boston Celtics to the limit, but came up short, losing 118-106.

The Boston Celtics travel to the Denver Nuggets for a primetime matchup on TNT as two of this decade's NBA champions matchup. The Celtics enter tonight as the s

The Nuggets were third in the NBA in scoring entering Monday's play, one rung ahead of the Celtics, with an offense not surprisingly built around what star Nikola Jokić does best.

The Boston Celtics visited the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night for the final destination of their four-game road trip. The Celtics won two of the first three, losing to the OKC Thunder on Sunday.