Jayson Tatum, Celtics snap Nuggets’ four-game winning streak

Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum (0) battles Denver Nuggets’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5) for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)BOSTON – A double-digit lead in hand, Celtics irritant Grant Williams did his best to milk the fourth-quarter clock.

Williams stepped in front of Aaron Gordon with 5:06 left, and then paid the price for impeding his path to the ball. When Gordon leveled Williams, drawing a flagrant one, he embodied the frustration Denver felt all night against a feisty Boston squad. Behind scorching 3-point shooting, and the all-star level play of Boston’s two pillars, the Celtics snapped the Nuggets’…