Jaylen Brown returned to Boston's lineup after sitting out Tuesday night at Phoenix with a right knee contusion. Brown had 23 points for the Celtics, who finished 3-1 on a Western Conference trip. They had won five straight and nine of 10 before running out of steam in the thin air.

After being forced out due to illness against the Celtics, will Jamal Murray play against the defending champs?

Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics ended their four-game road trip with a loss against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night, falling short 103-84. It was a tough night for the Celtics,

The Denver Nuggets went into Wednesday on a cold streak, losing six of their previous nine games and seven straight matchups against teams with winning records.

Two teams with an NBA Finals pedigree meet on Wednesday as Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics take on the Denver Nuggets in Ball Arena. Nikola Jokić and the Nuggets look to halt the Celtics’ four-game winning streak at home.

On one side, there’s the Boston Celtics. One of the hottest teams in the NBA looking to escape their West Coast swing with a 4-0 record. On the other, the Denver Nuggets. A top-three seed in the Western Conference looking to regain their rhythm amidst a rough patch.

The Denver Nuggets saw star point guard Jamal Murray leave the game in the first half against the Boston Celtics at home.

Jaylen Brown is back in the Celtics lineup for Wednesday’s game in the Nuggets after missing Tuesday’s win over the Phoenix Suns due to a right knee contusion. The Celtics star was removed from the injury report about seven hour before tip off as Boston prepares to go for their fifth straight win in Denver to close out their trip.

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"Just to see where his career has gone, it's (made him) a very well-deserved, just a really good all-around basketball player," said Adelman.