The defending NBA champion Boston Celtics made an early statement in front of about 12,000 crowds inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, with a rather impressive 107-103 win over the Denver Nuggets in the first of a two-game series of NBA Global Games in a matchup of the last two NBA champions.
Payton Pritchard went off as he was a major spark off the bench for the Celtics with 21 points, Jayson Tatum puts up only 12 points, and Drew Peterson with 10 points.
Nikola Jokic scored only 14 points for Denver, Michael Porter Jr. and Russell Westbrook, in his Nugget debut, each scored 12 points, Julian Strawther had 11 points off the bench, and Zeke Nnaji with 10 points
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