Overview
- Denver closed a seven-game road trip with a win despite multi-week absences for Nikola Jokic, Jonas Valanciunas, and Cameron Johnson.
- A 14-0 burst in the fourth quarter created a double-digit cushion before Boston cut the deficit to three with 6.5 seconds left on Payton Pritchard's late scoring flurry.
- Murray finished with 22 points, 17 assists, and seven rebounds, posting more assists than the Celtics managed as a team.
- Brown led all scorers with 33 points but committed seven turnovers, and coach Joe Mazzulla pointed to empty possessions and issues against Denver's pick-and-roll coverages.
- Neemias Queta grabbed 20 rebounds, the most by a Celtic since 2015, as Boston fell to 23-13 with Toronto visiting next to open a back-to-back.