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Jaylen Brown had 23 factors for the Celtics, who completed 3-1 on a Western Convention journey.
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 30 factors and 12 rebounds on a tough capturing evening to assist the Denver Nuggets beat the Boston Celtics 103-84 on Wednesday.
Denver performed many of the sport with out guard Jamal Murray. He left after logging 7:51 resulting from an sickness and didn’t return.
Tim Hardaway Jr. added 14 factors because the Nuggets bounced again from a 1-2 journey out of the All-Star break, which included a loss at Golden State on Sunday. They stored tempo with Houston within the tight Western Convention standings. Denver is proportion factors behind the Rockets for third place.
Jaylen Brown returned to Boston’s lineup after sitting out Tuesday evening at Phoenix with a proper knee contusion. Brown had 23 factors for the Celtics, who completed 3-1 on a Western Convention journey. That they had gained 5 straight and 9 of 10 earlier than operating out of steam within the skinny air.
Colorado native Derrick White scored 18 of his 20 factors within the second quarter.
Jokic struggled from the sector and behind the arc. He shot 11 of 28 total and was 4 of 13 on 3-pointers, however helped spark an 11-0 run to finish the third quarter that gave Denver a 10-point lead heading into the ultimate interval.
The Nuggets prolonged the result in 17 on Jonas Valanciunas’ tip-in halfway by means of the fourth, and Boston coach Joe Mazzulla took out his starters.
Denver honored Doug Moe with a tribute video on the first timeout. Moe, who gained 432 video games in his 10 seasons because the Nuggets’ coach, died Feb. 17 at 87. He led them to the Western Convention finals in 1985 and gained two Midwest Division titles with Denver.
Celtics: Host Brooklyn on Friday evening.
Nuggets: At Oklahoma Metropolis on Friday evening.
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