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The Boston Celtics will host the Denver Nuggets Wednesday at 7pm ET. Boston is 8-2 in their last 10 games, which moves them into second place in the Eastern Conference without Jayson Tatum.
Nuggets vs. Celtics broadcasts on ESPN and streams live DIRECTV (Free Trial).
What: NBA regular season
WHO: Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics
When: Wednesday, January 7, 2025
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Live Streams: DIRECTV (Free Trial), fuboTV (free trial), Sling
Denver is the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and could slip due to Nikola Jokic’s injury. The three-time MVP suffered a bone bruise in his knee in late December. He will miss at least four weeks.
Here’s a recent NBA story via the Associated Press:
BOSTON (AP) — Anfernee Simons scored 27 points, Payton Pritchard had 21 and the Boston Celtics held the Chicago Bulls to 33 points in the first half in a 115-101 victory Monday night.
Neemias Queta added 13 points and 13 rebounds for Boston, which won its fourth straight game and eighth in nine games.
Jaylen Brown was held to 14 points on 6-of-24 shooting, one game after matching his career-high 50 points in a win at the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.
Matas Buzelis scored 26 points to lead the Bulls, who were nearly held under 100 points in their second straight loss after falling at home to Charlotte on Saturday.
The Celtics led by 21 points at halftime and were not threatened by the cold-blooded Bulls until a modest surge in the final five minutes. Chicago was without leading scorer Josh Giddey (hamstring).
The Bulls cut it to 106-96 on Nikola Vucevic’s 3-pointer with 3:34 to play. Chicago didn’t reach the 100-point mark until just over a minute remained.
Boston led by 17 at the end of one quarter, and despite shooting just 32.7% at the end of the second quarter, pushed its advantage to 49-27 on Brown’s short jumper in the lane.
Pritchard hit a fadeaway 3 at the buzzer to make it 54-33 at halftime.
The Bulls were threatening a team-record few points in a half (23, set against Miami on April 10, 1999) before Jevon Carter hit a pair of late 3s. Chicago missed 20 of its first 23 attempts from beyond the arc. Boston didn’t fare much better, making just 5 of their first 19.
It was the fewest points the Celtics have allowed in a first half this season.
Other
Bulls: Wednesday at Detroit.
Celtics: Host Denver in second of four games Wednesday.
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