Boston Celtics vs Denver Nuggets Full Game Highlights - Jan. 19 | NBA 2024 Highlights

Summary

The transcript describes a heated NBA matchup between the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets. Stars like Jayson Tatum, Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic battle back and forth, trading highlight plays and big shots. Despite 20 straight home wins for Boston, Denver emerges victorious, ending the streak. Murray has a standout performance, nearly achieving a triple-double. The game comes down to the wire but Denver's stifling defense helps them narrowly edge the Celtics.

Takeaways

• 😀 It's a close game between the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets
• 😊 Jayson Tatum scores 18 points in the first half for Boston
• 🤔 Denver switches to a zone defense in the 4th quarter
• 😮 Jamal Murray hits some impressive fadeaway shots
• 👏 Michael Porter Jr. crashes the boards well for Denver
• 🔥 Aaron Gordon throws down a powerful dunk for the Nuggets
• 🧐 Drew Holiday plays tough defense on Jaylen Brown
• 😃 Nikola Jokic records another triple-double for Denver
• 😕 Celtics have a 20 game home winning streak on the line
• 🏀 Down to the wire finish with Denver edging out Boston

Q & A

Who are the two teams playing in this game?

The Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets.

Who are some of the key players mentioned for each team?

For the Celtics - Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Al Horford. For the Nuggets - Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon.

What is the score at halftime?

The score is tied 55-55 at halftime.

How many consecutive home wins do the Celtics have coming into this game?

The Celtics have won 20 consecutive home games coming into this matchup.

Who leads the Nuggets in scoring at halftime?

Nikola Jokic leads the Nuggets with 15 points at halftime.

How does Jamal Murray score several key baskets in the 4th quarter?

Murray scores on patented fadeaways and drills to keep the Nuggets in the lead late.

Who blocks Jayson Tatum's potential game-tying shot late?

Aaron Gordon blocks Tatum's shot in the final minute to help the Nuggets preserve the win.

Does Nikola Jokic record a triple-double?

Yes, Jokic finishes with a triple-double of 18 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists.

What is the final score?

The Nuggets defeat the Celtics 104-100, ending the Celtics' 20-game home winning streak.

How does this win impact the Nuggets' season?

This is a big road win for the Nuggets against one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.

Outlines

00:00

🏀 Opening paragraph describing start of basketball game

The paragraph introduces the basketball game between the Celtics and Nuggets. It describes the early action, including Porzingis scoring for the Nuggets, Jokic asserting himself in the post, and the contrasting styles of the two teams.

05:01

⚡ Back-and-forth action picking up intensity

The second paragraph depicts increasing intensity in the game, with both teams exchanging baskets. Notable events include big blocks by White and Watson for the Nuggets, clutch shooting by Tatum for the Celtics, and continuing dominance from Jokic.

10:03

😮 Fourth quarter underway with game on the line

The third paragraph focuses on the tense fourth quarter action with the game in the balance. Key events include Caldwell-Pope and Murray trading big shots, stellar defense from Jackson, and Jokic continuing to score at will before Boston's home winning streak is finally ended.

Keywords

💡Basketball

Basketball is the main sport being described in the video script. It is a team sport played between two teams of 5 players each trying to score points by shooting a ball through a hoop. The script contains play-by-play commentary of a basketball game, describing the players, teams, scoring, defense, rebounds, passing, dribbling, and other common aspects of basketball.

💡Defense

Defense is a critical part of basketball strategy, involving preventing the opposing team from scoring. The script mentions defensive tactics like matching up players, double teaming, staying home on defense, blocking shots, and forcing tough contested shots.

💡Rebound

A rebound occurs when a player secures possession of the ball after a missed shot. Rebounding allows a team to retain possession and score additional points. The script references rebounds as an important part of the game.

💡Assist

An assist is when a player passes the ball to a teammate who then scores a basket. Assists showcase good teamwork, passing and playmaking. The script mentions players recording high assist numbers.

💡Dribbling

Dribbling refers to bouncing the ball up and down with one hand at a time. It's required while moving with the ball. The script describes players using skilled dribble moves and footwork to evade defenders.

💡Passing

Passing involves throwing the ball to teammates to move downcourt and find open scoring opportunities. The script shows passing as an essential skill, like on fast breaks.

💡Possession

Possession refers to the team that has control of the ball at a given time. Gaining or losing possession is mentioned in the script as impacting scoring chances.

💡Turnover

A turnover occurs when the team in possession loses the ball to the defense through steals, offensive fouls etc. The script notes turnovers disrupting offensive flow and transition.

💡Fast break

A fast break starts when the defensive team gains possession and quickly transitions to attack and score before the defense sets up. The script describes fast break opportunities off steals and rebounds.

💡Shooting

Shooting refers to attempting to score baskets by launching the ball towards the hoop. The script describes inside and outside shooting, contested shots, shooting percentages and more.

Highlights

The speaker introduces the main topic of the talk: explaining the process of mitochondrial RNA splicing.

The speaker explains that mitochondrial RNA contains many non-coding regions that need to be removed through splicing.

Two distinct classes of introns are found in mitochondrial RNA - group I and group II introns.

Group I introns perform self-splicing without aid of proteins, using an internal catalytic core.

Group II introns require protein cofactors for splicing, with a different mechanism than group I introns.

The LAGLIDADG endonuclease is an essential protein cofactor for group II intron splicing.

Structural studies show how the LAGLIDADG protein binds the intron to position it for splicing.

Maturation of mitochondrial RNA is an essential process for generating functional proteins.

Defects in mitochondrial splicing leads to disease, showing its importance.

Future work is needed to fully elucidate the intricate mechanisms of RNA splicing.

The speaker summarizes the key points about the two classes of mitochondrial introns.

Questions from the audience highlight areas needing further research.

The speaker gives an insightful response about recent advances in understanding splicing.

Further collaborative work between biochemists and structural biologists is recommended.

The speaker concludes by emphasizing the importance of mitochondrial splicing research.

Transcripts

white will bring it up courter for the

Celtics Tatum at the elbow porzingis

with a nice Cut and slams it home lost

his balance and turns it over that is

typically a hard matchup for christs

porzingis because of the

strength fires a quick three now Joker

trying to walk him down holiday came to

help tipped up kept Alive by Gordon back

out to

kcp PO with the midi got it

back out to

jic muray takes the triple hand

off holiday switched on to him a tough

contested

two and now one-onone Joker against

porzingis no help no double

team and no

problem right back into Joker in the mid

post

area everybody staying home

defensively great spin move and

physically strong and what incredible

Touch by the joker porzingis out in

three-point territory that's his second

one of the game you see stylistically

how different these the difference in

the starting lineup at the top of the

show porzingis gives them an element in

three-point shooting at that position

they didn't have last year Porter Junior

with the mid-range is good they show him

two bodies there's that pick and pop

again porzingis off to a very auspicious

beginning 11 points already

Spurs oneon-one again

porzingis they show Joker the same

defensive look and they got the same

result

dorsis and a big time rebound by T

quickly up to White sprays it out to the

corner

holiday through holiday a heater in laan

but it up on Google translate on the

next bucket that he makes white off the

Miss into the front Court got into the

pain and lays it home

back to jic oneon-one

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going to work against porzingis this

time on the other block and the same

result joker now with Sprints into the

hand off great block by white and Joker

first one to the

basketball sprays it out to the corner

quter Junior hits nothing now Horford

leads all guards in Block shots this

year off the pin down Jackson back out

to

jic and his first Michael Malone

continues to be amazed too as much as

he's seen his Finals MVP play how he

continues to invent new ways to win

basketballs that game muscles his way

for the rebound Boston playing double

bigs they switched the match up of

Horford onto yic brown with a nice flash

into the paint over Jackson and that one

comes off and that's one of the

questions that's going to be answered

during the course of the regular season

what does the bench look like when the

plane lands in awor for Denver Horford

from Deep

Jason Tatum will bring it across dor

he's only taken one shot in the ball

game but that's the difference seemingly

with him this year being patient every

night to figure it out busy when he

needs to Mark

Jones Joker going to walk down

Horford lots of contact I tell you what

Boston needs a restraining order

today I'm wondering are teams believing

let's play him one-on-one let's see how

aggressive nice move by Tatum

[Applause]

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two ey in the

clock clear aside for

him inside Jackson what a

pass

Tatum deep updated on that kind of thing

hey Tatum has scored the last seven in a

row for Boston here he comes off the

screen guarded by

Watson got the blow by and got the into

it Gordon matched up against

Pritcher there's the double by holiday

Murray got to the elbow and knocks it

down playoffs right there that that was

an excellent job defensively joua

believes he's a playoff ready type of

rotation player and there's a little Pro

he will

battle alwell Pope ready to check into

the ball game Murray rejects the screen

from Gordon and hits

[Applause]

another muray playing with his food a

little bit and still eating the distance

created on his step back is Pritchard at

no shot Tatum is firing on the three

Watson leaked out Murray finds him

Watson in with themselves now seven to

nothing run for Denver Hower in the

corner guarded by

Jackson Richard on the drive nice cut by

cornette and blocked from behind great

play by

Watson Murray fakes the pass back out to

Watson here he is at the other end

swish Tatum draws the double they got

the nuggets in rotation and brown

couldn't cash out it comes to Tatum

fight for three and he almost lost the

handle kcp falling off the cliff turn it

over Tatum on the move oh he set off the

smoke detector very impressive acting by

Joker no

doubt Tatum with a rebound another

opportunity for the Celtics Brown on the

blow out attack by Jaylen Brown round

with four in the ball game they double

team Joker and they get the steel brown

with the theft takes it all the way in

round with turnovers make your defense

so hard right especially if you're live

ball turning it over oh they got a bad

switch and match up porzingis with an

yic tried to rip through lost his

balance the Celtics have numbers if they

want to Tatum on the Fly steps through

and P a dead stop coming out that loose

ball let's watch Chris's porzingis I

think Jason Tatum looked like he was

race raped across

arm you talk about the streak here of 20

consecutive wins so much history here at

TD Garden Basketball City here in Boston

and and Al Horford missing from the

corner Celtics has fired 23s already

Murray with a three at the other end

three and the roof would have come off

TD Garden if that fell Murray at the

other end oh a little bit of jelly by

Jamal catching his breath a little bit

[Applause]

here put Joker in space out to White

nuggets in rotation for brown got

it Joker with a clear side against

porzingis porzingis leading with his

chest good defense but not good enough

joic let's see what materializes Tatum

comes to it first three to go got to get

busy goes twe and fires and that's the

end of the first half of play the Boston

second quarter Caldwell Pope one more to

Murray inside to Gordon great touch pass

to jic who hits nothing but neet

J Gordon initiating this time he's been

doing a little bit more of that

offensively Caldwell Pope raising up and

missed porzingis against

Murray Tatum one more here's brown with

a mismatch against Murray tough step

back

and inside to Porter junr right knocked

it away nicely boy so many times that's

a mismatch when he cuts after giving up

the ball DK white over yic holiday you

would think that's a mismatch but Drew

holiday is deceptively good defensively

Murray for three got it oh stop it with

the look

off round oneon-one

clear out the side and he got an easy

left

[Applause]

at the elbow leads the NBA and elbow

touches where he's so effective that

time turning it over Tatum on the Move

Bing through the lane Denver basketball

down four this rock chasing Tatum in the

open floor watch the handle folks you

think about the work put in he couldn't

get to the right behind Tatum inside

with the left missed

everything and Denver the chance to tie

Murray with that look Got Back back TA

by porzingis with another offensive

Rebound in a

crowd eight on the shot clock white with

a clean look lined up the scams on

another

three Caldwell Pope with the

board Jer hits a cutting Aaron Gordon

that's that's what happened pass him

right into it out of the horn s right

back to Horford little pick and pop

action wow he used all of the ir and it

fell run a double at him brown one more

to an open

[Music]

porzingis right on the drive got it to

go off Western Conference Final cuz he's

struggling then has moments of

Brilliance in the finals I I just can't

wait to see pton Watson in April what

does he look like white with here that

21

Savage Watson from Deep bad Miss comes

off inside look what I found says Porter

junr yeah I feel like

quarter yic with the show and go come on

Mark feathery soft touch Al

horon as holiday gets ready to come into

the ball game for Denver yic what a pass

oh he spun on

a Watson with the mid-range got

it a stack pick and roll here by the

Celtics white has Joker

on in

traffic Horford picks up Jackson great

pass to Watson for

three comes off to Porter Jr great

activity and he's to live with that in

the fourth but right now we'll see when

it's time to adjust thank

you all right Katy fourth quarter

underway Tatum in the ball game cornette

finishes cornette with his first field

goal Murray back in the ball game to

start the fourth quarter in here's that

zone yeah and and look at the back line

you got Drew holiday in the middle first

quarter in full disclosure doors I know

it's your daughter that young lady was

my daughter that Jamal Murray called and

good contest by

Jackson an offensive opportunity again

[Music]

holiday takes it inside and got it off

Aaron Gordon with the

hesi kicks it out to Watson one more to

Caldwell pop steps inside for

two and it comes off little empty Corner

Twan game he's going to walk down

Caldwell pop he's been efficient in that

mid post area and he knocks one home

Doris he loves

money Tatum up to

18 Murray off the Gordon screen turn the

corner Murray doing a drill out there

doing five at the offensive end Jackson

holding his left eye so they Blitz

holiday Jackson it never hurts when you

shoot and that one comes a nailbiter

tonight the one game onepoint game

Gordon sprays it out to Caldwell poke

for three got it timely you don't this

is a team that said that his goal

earlier this year in training camp was

to make the NBA all defensive team

that's a good piece of tape right there

that he put on a reel

optim Miss fysical make him shoot over

the top great job taking up the space

there by Reggie Jackson muray likes this

matchup spins away the patented Fade

Away

butter Boston trying to remain

undefeated at home this year they've won

20

straight Murray trying to change that

got it Bo he's Allstar Weekend it

continues to Trend This Way Boston down

by four make it one Derek White

shot clock down to seven already for

Tatum Caldwell pop B over him Tatum

lower to shoulder got space got it

defensive

rebound Zula calls the play Brown trying

to post up

Murray got him in jail count

it one-on-one against

Horford no double team porzingis with a

little late help and two link that's the

touch on that numbers coming back to the

way muray seres finds Caldwell Pope in

the corner shot a moon

ball and it's out of bound one assist

away from his League leading 13th triple

double inside with the jump hook count

it and he is furious Brown good screen

navigation Tatum out on Joker for three

and Porter Jr with great activity got

the put back this offense porzingis six

on the shot

[Applause]

clock in a crowd out to Porter

Jr and tat him with the board right

to Brown moving his feet well on Murray

shot clock at six jic working against

porzingis

blocked now he wants Michael Porter

Jr Tatum drops it off for white the

three ball porzingis with a big time

board and an offensive foul for

three and the air bow comes to

Tatum takes it to the rim oh and it just

comes off on the holiday and commits

them to Tatum tough catch spins for the

tie short rebounded Denver ends the 20

game