Heading into tonight’s set of games, we have 20 teams going into action. One of the more notable match-ups we have going tonight is the current second seeds in their respective conferences in the Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets.

The 15-5 Celtics have been off to a great start this season, winning their last game against the Heat in a convincing 112-93 win.  Their young core has been on a tear, with five players averaging double-digit points.  With this roster, anyone is capable of leading the team in scoring, with Jaylen Brown leading the team with 31 points in their last game.  It is also worth noting that the Celtics are currently 8-0 at home, hoping to continue that trend and defend home court against a strong Denver team.

The Nuggets just came off a Thursday win against the New York Knicks, and hope to get a win streak going tonight with this match-up in Boston.  Within their last win, they had an even distribution of scoring, with 8 of the players scoring double digits.  This 14-5 Nuggets team has been a tough team to deal with, despite being ranked 21st in scoring throughout the entire league.

Within the game we should be looking into the match-ups between the guards and the bigs.  Kemba Walker and Jamal Murray should be particularly interesting to watch, but another point of emphasis is Nikola Jokic.  Containing Jokic is no easy feat, but the Celtics do seem up to the task to try and stop the all-around Center.

Going into tonight, the injury report shows that Gordon Hayward and Romeo Langford of the Celtics will be ruled out for the game, while Marcus Smart is ruled as questionable with an oblique injury that was suffered last Sunday in their game against the Knicks.  Forunately enough for the Nuggets, they currently have nothing to report in regards to injuries on their roster.

We’ll see if the absences of some key Celtics players will be enough for the Nuggets to pull out a win in the hostile territory of Boston tonight.

Celtics and Nuggets tip-off at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT on ESPN.