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The Boston Celtics' perfect start at home is no more.
The Denver Nuggets became the first team to beat the Celtics in Boston this season on Friday, walking out of the TD Garden with a 102-100 win. The Celtics had started the season 20-0 at home and were carrying a 27-game home win streak dating back to last season.
Boston's last home loss had been a double-overtime loss to the New York Knicks on March 5, 2023.
The 20-0 start remains the best in Celtics history. Their 32-10 record is also still the best in the NBA.
Unsurprisingly, it was Nikola Jokic leading the defending champions in their bid to break the streak. The MVP candidate finished with 34 points on 14-of-22 shooting with 12 rebounds and nine assists. He was also at the center, literally, of the game's oddest call.
As Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon shot a free throw with 17 seconds left and the Nuggets up 102-100, Jokic acted as if he was going to barrel into the paint between Kristaps Porzingis and Jaylen Brown. Both Celtics responded by jumping into the lane to hold him off, resulting in Brown getting an easy rebound.
The officials opted to call the play a double lane violation, turning Celtics ball into a jump ball.
Jayson Tatum ended up with possession after that jump ball and called timeout, then got it back for an attempt to tie the game or win it. He did neither.
It was an entertaining game that ended ugly, with the two teams combining for only one field goal in the final 2:50.
Overall, the Celtics combined to shoot 42.7%, which makes it hard to win even when you commit only two turnovers and held your own on the boards against the NBA's leader in contested rebounding rate. Tatum and Brown combined to shoot 15 of 43 for 35 points.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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