The Boston Celtics beat the Denver Nuggets Sunday 110-103 while missing two starters, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. While Porzingis (who has played in 32 of the Celtics ’ 61 games thus far) continues to miss time due to an illness, Holiday has a more complex scenario.

Mazzulla opted to shorten his rotation against Cleveland rather than giving larger roles to some of his deep reserves. Payton Pritchard and Luke Kornet were the only Boston bench players who saw significant minutes, with Torrey Craig (three minutes) and Drew Peterson (one minute) making first-quarter cameos.

The Celtics are dealing with injuries all over their starting lineup before they take on the Nuggets in a blockbuster matchup.

The Boston Celtics will host the Denver Nuggets at TD Garden for one of the highly anticipated clashes from Saturday’s slate.

The Denver Nuggets are visiting the Boston Celtics Sunday afternoon for a marquee matchup that many believe could be the NBA Finals matchup. Sunday afternoon's

The two most recent NBA champions are playing well enough to reach the finals, and as we saw Sunday, it would be a compelling matchup.