BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 22 points and Derek White hit a floater from the foul line with less than a minute left on Sunday to help the Boston Celtics recover after blowing most of a 20-point, first-half lead and beat the Denver Nuggets 110-103.

Jayson Tatum scored 16 points with 11 rebounds and White scored 17 for Boston, which has not lost three games in a row all season.

Nikola Jokic had 20 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists for the Nuggets. Jamal Murray scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, and Christian Braun scored 24 for Denver, which has lost three of its last five games.

One game after blowing a 22-point lead and losing to the NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers, the Celtics coughed up most of a 20-point lead against Denver, the No. 2 team in the West. The Nuggets, who trailed 59-39 in the final minutes of the first half, scored 10 straight points near the end of the third to cut a 15-point lead to five.

Takeaways

Nuggets: Jokic appeared to be limping from the opening tap. If he's hurt, that could be a big problem for Denver down the stretch.

Celtics: Have shown a tendency to relax after opening big leads.

Key moment

After Murray made a 3-pointer to make it a five-point game with about three minutes left, Boston missed three times and turned the ball over once before Murray's layup made it 102-99.

Brown drove to the basket and missed, but White followed the play, grabbing the ball near the free-throw line and floating in a basket to make it a two-possession game. At the other end, Murray threw the ball away, and Al Horford finished the fast break.

Key stat

Tatum was 4 for 15 from the floor, making just 1 of 7 from 3-point range.

Up next

Both teams are off until Wednesday, when the Celtics host Portland and the Nuggets host Sacramento.

Rockies' Austin Gomber asks to be scratched from start because of shoulder issue

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Colorado Rockies left-hander Austin Gomber asked to be scratched from his scheduled start against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday after reporting low arm speed and an issue with his throwing shoulder.

The Rockies aren’t sure when he’ll be back but don’t believe the issue is too serious.

“There’s no timetable on his return, but we’re going to make sure that he’s healthy and not try to rush it,” manager Bud Black told MLB.com. “He understands that it’s March 2, and this (season) is going to go all the way to October. So, let’s not push it too early.”

Gomber was scheduled to pitch three innings in what would have been his second spring training appearance. On Tuesday against the White Sox, the top speed on his fastball was 89.2 mph after his four-seam fastball averaged 90.4 mph last season.

The 31-year-old wasn’t that concerned about the velocity but knew he didn’t feel right.

“The longer you play, the more you become in tune with your body,” Gomber said, according to MLB.com. “Maybe I would have tried to push it a little bit more if we were in a different spot on the calendar. But it being so early in the year, I just felt like I wanted to take a few days to try to get a touch better and not have something that’s like nagging throughout the year. So now was a good time to kind of get a good reset.”

Gomber went 5-12 with a 4.75 ERA in a career-high 30 starts last season.

Also Sunday, Colorado announced that right-hander Jeff Criswell will have Tommy John surgery. Dr. Keith Meister will perform the operation on March 14.

Criswell, who was competing for a bullpen job this spring, went 1-0 with a 2.75 ERA in 13 appearances as a rookie last season.