Nuggets serve as a cautionary tale for Celtics team looking to win back-to-back titles

Denver looked to shake up its roster following the franchise's first NBA title, in 2023. Since then, they've been on a decline. Boston took a different approach. Will the C's have a different result?

This was Joe Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics in 2024, at the White House with the Larry O’Brien trophy. Can they run it back in ‘25? Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Finishing their first West Coast trip of the season in the Mile High City on Tuesday is a fitting conclusion for the Boston Celtics.

Because in a season filled with one page-turning, cautionary tale after another, the team Boston has learned the most from in what to do - and what not to do - when it comes to defending an NBA championship, is the Denver Nuggets.