Celtics ward off Jokic, Nuggets
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.
Jaylen Brown's 27 push the @celtics past Denver! #BleedGreen @FCHWPO: 27 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST pic.twitter.com/cthrndrcD6
— NBA (@NBA) February 17, 2021
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.
