Friday night’s Nuggets-Celtics game lived up to the hype as a possible NBA Finals preview, with both teams exchanging the lead 13 times before Denver earned a 102-100 win.
If Friday was just a sampling of what might come in June, Celtics star big man Kristaps Porzingis prognosticated what might happen between the two teams.
“If we see them in the postseason, then it’s going to be a big chess match,” Porzingis told reporters.
Porzingis was a key piece early on in Friday’s chess match for the Celtics, scoring their first 11 points as he was heavily involved in setting screens to get open looks from beyond the arc and good shots near the rim.