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Celtics ward off Jokic, Nuggets

/ 03:06 PM February 17, 2021

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Jaylen Brown #7 and Kemba Walker #8 of the Boston Celtics talk during the fourth quarter against the Denver Nuggets at TD Garden on February 16, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP

The Boston Celtics fended off a 43-point performance by Nikola Jokic to beat the undermanned Denver Nuggets 112-99 on Tuesday.

Jaylen Brown scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum had 21 points eight assists for the Celtics, who snapped a two-game losing skid.

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Kemba Walker added 17 points.

Jamal Murray had 25 points and Facundo Campazzo added 15 in his first start for the Nuggets. Murray also had nine turnovers.

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