Though Joe Mazzulla stated that winning at home is not his team’s main goal this season, the Celtics are only the 13th team in history to start 20-0 at home, and they haven’t shown any signs of slowing down.
The league’s bottom-dwelling teams have been comfortably defeated by the Celtics in their past two games; however, the Nuggets, the defending NBA champions, provide a more formidable foe on Friday.
The Nuggets, third in the Western Conference, are coming off a 126-121 loss at Philadelphia on Tuesday, which dropped Denver’s road record to 11-10 on the seas0n.
Boston was without starting center Kristaps Porzingis (right knee inflammation) and starting point guard Derrick White (left ankle sprain) against the Spurs on Wednesday, but neither was listed on the injury report as of Friday morning.