Boston Celtics Edge Denver Nuggets 111 – 110

The struggling Boston Celtics held on to secure victory over the Denver Nuggets by a mere point on Monday night.

Jaylen Brown’s go-ahead 3-pointer with 34 seconds left was enough to secure a 111 – 110 victory. Denver made another basket through Torrey Craig, although it was ruled out as time was up.

Boston was ahead by 20 points, but trailed heading into the final quarter.

Kyrie Irving finished with 27 points for boston. 10 of these points came in the Celtics 4th quarter rally. Jayson Tatum finished with 20 points and Marcus Morris got 14 from the bench.

The Denver Nuggets were led by Nikola Jokic with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Will Barton finished the game with 19 points. Mason Plumlee scored 16 points, while Marcus Murray got 14.

It was only the Boston Celtic’s second win in seven games.

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Brown, who scored the winning 3-pointer, was 3-for-10 on the night and 0-4 on three pointers before taking the shot.

“I missed every shot prior to it,” he said. “I was like, ‘I’m not missing this. No way I’m missing this one.’ So I was open. Everything that happened before it didn’t matter. I just had to make a shot.

“I had supreme confidence. I’m always confident when I let it go. I just wanted that one extra bad, so when it went in I was relieved.”

Celtics coach Brad Stevens was pleased with Boston’s team play on the winning basket. Via the Boston Herald, he said:

“It was obviously a big shot for him, and then a tremendous play by Al. The drive-and-kick at that moment, I think a lot of guys shoot that floater or kind of a layup where you have to extend over somebody, (which) is not a great percentage shot, especially with guys flying in. But to have the wherewithal to kick it to the corner was the right basketball play. After that, it is what it is. It’s a good shot.”