Nuggets And Celtics Starting Lineups

The Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics have announced their starting lineups for Friday's game.

On Friday evening, the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets are facing off in Massachusetts.

For the game, each team has announced its starting lineup, as relayed by Underdog NBA. 

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Nuggets will start Murray, Caldwell-Pope, Porter Jr., Gordon, Jokic on Friday."

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Celtics will start Smart, Brown, Tatum, Grant Williams, Horford on Friday."

The matchup should be an entertaining one as both teams are 8-3 in their first 11 games on a four-game winning streak. 

Nikola Jokic leads the Nuggets, averaging 21.2 points, 9.9 rebounds and 9.0 assists per contest on 59.6% shooting from the field. 

He is also coming off winning the NBA MVP Award in each of the last two seasons. 

The Nuggets have one of the best rosters in the NBA, but last season they struggled with injuries. 

Jokic still got them to the first round of the NBA Playoffs (where they lost to Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors in five games). 

As for the Celtics, they are led by Jayson Tatum, who has averaged 31.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per contest on 49.8% shooting from the field.

The former Duke star has been an All-Star in each of the last three seasons and has turned himself into one of the top players in the league.

Last season, he led the Celtics to Game 6 of the NBA Finals (where they also lost to Curry and the Warriors). 

Both the Nuggets and Celtics have the rosters to be contenders and compete for the 2023 NBA Finals.