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Editor's brief

This match hub is editor-led on the basketball desk. We open the fixture page once Boston Celtics team news clears sourcing and the verified squad list is locked. As soon as the match window opens we populate the live incident log from the press-conference round-up, the verified tour or tour-equivalent feed and the verified broadcaster feed; the desk will not publish incidents off rumours or single-source social posts.

Fixtures in this series

• Boston Celtics vs Denver Nuggets · NBA regular season

What to watch

• Selection picture: Joe Mazzulla has started the same five in three of the last five games. The decision is the rotation pattern in the second unit, with Porziņģis (knee) on a minutes restriction.
• Squad rotation: the rotation pattern across the last five fixtures is the data point we cross-reference against the press-conference notes. Switch-heavy defence with the Jaylen Brown–Jayson Tatum pick-and-roll as the primary action. The bench unit goes small with Tatum at the four.
• Injury report: Kristaps Porziņģis is the fitness doubt the desk is tracking. The return-to-play read and the verified medical update will be added to the live log as soon as the club statement is published.

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