Bleacher Report NBA analyst Zach Buckley recently took the time to survey the league for a player on each team who ought to be trusted to take such a high leverage shot. "There is literally no bigger shot that a team can attempt,

We have certainly seen a handful of games this and last season where shooting variance from beyond the arc sunk the Celtics (and often against notably inferior rosters in terms of talent, at that), and even a postseason series where their shot from deep abandoned them to disastrous effect vs.

The Boston Celtics head to the Ball Arena to face the Denver Nuggets in a non-conference matchup. The Celtics are 26-10, which puts them in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Nuggets are 20-14, which puts them in fourth place in the Western Conference.

The Boston Celtics held off the depleted Denver Nuggets 118-106 on Tuesday night as Nikola Jokic sat out because of an illness.

Even without stars like Jokic and White, the Boston Celtics comfortably secured a win over the Denver Nuggets. Gilbert McGregor joins the show to recap.