{"id":525414,"date":"2026-01-08T18:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/525414\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:01:12","slug":"nuggets-snap-celtics-5-game-win-streak-with-114-110-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/525414\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets snap Celtics\u2019 5-game win streak with 114-110 win"},"content":{"rendered":"

(AP) \u2014 Jamal Murray had 22 points and 17 assists and Peyton Watson scored 30 for the Denver Nuggets, who went on a 14-0 run to rally from a fourth-quarter deficit and pull away to beat the Boston Celtics 114-110 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

In a game missing its two biggest stars \u2014 Denver\u2019s three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and Boston All-Star Jayson Tatum \u2014 the teams played through 26 lead changes and another nine ties before Denver turned a three-point deficit midway through the fourth into a 101-90 lead.<\/p>\n

\"Denver<\/p>\n

Denver Nuggets forward Daron Holmes II (14) drives to the basket past Boston Celtics center Neemias Queta (88) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)<\/p>\n

Boston trailed 107-95 and cut it to three points in the final seconds, but it was too late.<\/p>\n

Jaylen Brown scored 33 and Neemias Queta grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds for Boston, which had won five in a row.<\/p>\n

Denver had lost six of its last 10 since opening the season 20-6, losing ground on the defending champion Thunder in the Western Conference race. They are 3-2 since Jokic went out with a hyperextended left knee. Murray and Christian Braun returned to the starting lineup after sitting out Monday\u2019s overtime victory over Philadelphia, the second game of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n

\"Denver<\/p>\n

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) shoots against Boston Celtics guard Derrick White (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo\/Charles Krupa)<\/p>\n

Denver trailed 90-87 before scoring 14 straight, getting nine points from Watson and eight from Zeke Nnaji in the fourth.<\/p>\n

The Celtics started the game 1 for 6 from the free-throw line, with Brown missing two in a row while the crowd chanted \u201cM-V-P!\u201d They finished 9 for 15 on foul shots.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Nuggets: Host Atlanta on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Celtics: Host Toronto on Friday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(AP) \u2014 Jamal Murray had 22 points and 17 assists and Peyton Watson scored 30 for the Denver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,301,187,3943,6,302],"class_list":{"0":"post-525414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-denver","10":"tag-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-denvernuggets","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nuggets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115860792199291536","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}