Game 2 of Peacock NBA Monday's doubleheader on December 15 features the Houston Rockets visiting the Denver Nuggets. Tipoff time is set for 9:30 p.m. ET from Ball Arena in Denver, and the game will be streamed live exclusively on Peacock.

Following his first three-game losing streak in two years, Jaylen Brown reiterated a belief he had stated several times before. This was in late October, after a frustrating road loss to the Detroit Pistons. At 0-3, Brown and the Boston Celtics were in an unfamiliar situation. He still wanted to give his young team time.

After all, the Celtics are in the early stages of a retooling process. Joe Mazzulla is coaching a roster full of unproven talent, fighting to prove they belong in the league. Interestingly, all three of Boston's young forwards,

The NBA Eastern Conference leaders enter the road contest on a three-game winning streak. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Charles Thomas Scott was born in New York City in 1948. Known as "Charlie" to a number of Celtics fans, the New York native broke the color barrier at the University of North Carolina as that famed institution of higher learning rostered their first Black scholarship athlete in history.

Quinn Allen's favorite NBA player props for Monday, December 15, include Derrick White, Nikola Jokic, and Cooper Flagg.

The Nets and Celtics could help each other by partnering on an Anfernee Simons trade ahead of this year's deadline.

Today is also the birthday of Celtics short-timer Charles Claxton, father of current Brooklyn Nets big man Nick Claxton. He came into this world in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands in 1970. The undrafted Georgia alum played a total of three games for Boston in the 1996-96 NBA season, averaging 0.7 points and rebounds per game.