The fadeaway jumper that Jayson Tatum launched on the final possession of the game Friday night missed the rim entirely.
The shot would have tied the game if it had gone in, but it bounced off the bottom of the backboard and into the paint where Jamal Murray was waiting to scoop it up.
Time ran out, and the Celtics’ 20-game home win streak was snapped. Denver prevailed 102-100 at TD Garden.
“Yeah, I thought I kind of rushed it,” Tatum said of the miss. “That’s on me. In the back of my mind, I wasn’t sure if they were going to foul.