Their spirit was willing but the depleted Nuggets couldn’t quite hang with the defending NBA champions Celtics Tuesday night at Ball Arena. Playing without center Nikola Jokic, who was scratched ...

Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic has been ruled out due to an illness. Via The Denver Nuggets: "Injury Update: Nikola Jokić (Illness) will be out tonight against the Boston Celtics." Jokic is in the middle ...

On this day, former Celtic shooting guard Kelvin Upshaw was born, and Boston held Denver to just 58 points while Paul Pierce ...

Jayson Tatum had 29 points, Kristaps Porzingis finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds and the visiting Boston Celtics beat the short-handed Denver Nuggets 118-106 on Tuesday night.

Kawhi Leonard traveled with the Clippers to Denver yesterday but he returned to L.A. today to be with his family that was affected by the fires in Southern California. The team has ruled him out ...

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics closed a tough road trip with a 118-106 victory over the Nuggets (sans Nikola Jokic) on Tuesday, pulling away in the fourth quarter for a double-digit win. Here are ...

The Celtics, who enter this game at 26-10, continue to be one of the best defensive teams in the NBA. Boston ranks sixth in defensive rating and fourth in opponent effective field goal percentage. Now ...

The Denver Nuggets watched two of their best role players, Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, leave in consecutive offseason, which led many to believe t ...

The Boston Celtics could turn to a former player to help add depth to the back end of their rotation after a difficult run of ...

James L. Edwards III, Fred Katz and Jay King analyze the Eastern Conference at the halfway point of the season.

Here is more background on matchup: Boston Celtics (26-10, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (20-14, fourth in the Western Conference) BOTTOM LINE: Denver plays the Boston Celtics ...