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BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics, still looking to have their entire team on the floor in the same game, host the road-weary Denver Nuggets on Sunday night.The Celtics (3-2) played the first three games of the season without the injured Marcus Smart and Kelly Olynyk, then got Smart back but lost Al Horford to a concussion prior to Wednesdays home win. In that game, Jae Crowder went down with a left ankle sprain.Olynyk appears to be the closest to returning, from offseason shoulder surgery. He has officially been listed as questionable for Sunday nights game.Id say hes closer than further, so well see, coach Brad Stevens said Saturday. Hes going to be listed as questionable, but thats going to be completely his and (trainer Ed Lacertes) call. But hes getting a lot better ... hes right around the corner here.Olynyk practiced with the Maine Red Claws, the Celtics D-League team, Friday.Meanwhile, Horford had progressed to jogging on a treadmill and doing some on-court work and the swelling was down in Crowders ankle.Als getting better, Stevens said. He did a little bit of activity, as you probably saw above. Hes going to be out on the court a little bit today, but hell be out tomorrow (against the Nuggets). If everything goes well today then well up his activity tomorrow but he will not be cleared to play by game time, is what Ive been told.The Nuggets (2-3) are 1-2 on their current five-game road trip that will give them six of their first seven games away from home.Saturday night in Detroit, they fell behind 10-0 and were down 29-12 at the end of the first quarter and never caught up. Sunday, they face a team playing on its home floor and one that hasnt played since losing in Cleveland Thursday night -- and will do it with a different starting lineup.Im just tired of watching the struggle that goes on out there, said coach Michael Malone. It almost looks like theyre disinterested to start the game and if were going to go down, were not going to go down like that.Our defense was horrendous tonight. They did whatever they wanted. Its the fifth game in a row where the squad came out asleep, so were not going to have the same starting lineup tomorrow night. We cant afford to keep building ourselves 15-20 point deficits to start the game and play catchup. That group is unable to change that, so well try to mix up the lineup to give ourselves a better chance at playing 48 minutes because Im tired of watching that.Before the game, Malone said, Regardless of who we play, our goal is to play with pace for 48 (minutes), whether its Minnesota or Boston tomorrow night. We have to be true to ourselves and play our style of basketball.Clearly, that didnt happen Saturday night.The Nuggets got Gary Harris (groin) back Saturday, but Will Barton remained out with a sprained ankle.The Celtics have swept the two-game season series from the Nuggets each of the last two seasons and are 5-1 over the last three. White Ultra Boost 2018 . Terms of the deal were not immediately available. The 26-year-old finished last season with Clevelands Triple-A affiliate in Columbus after signing with the Indians in August. Cheap Ultra Boost 2018 China . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91. http://www.cheapultraboostsale.com/ . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Green Ultra Boost 2018 .4 million title. 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And players who stood shoulder to shoulder sporting their nations jersey in the tournament -- or in the case of Team North America and Team Europe, simply sporting matching jerseys -- will soon square off against those tournament teammates with valuable regular-season points on the line.Funny how that works.But as Canada celebrates the continuation of its historic domination of the sport after sweeping Team Europe in the best-of-three World Cup finals, winning their 16th consecutive game in best-on-best tournaments, we examined which players might use the World Cup as a springboard to greatness in the NHL -- or, conversely, which players are hoping to forget their forgettable performances in Toronto and start with a clean slate on their NHL clubs.You could argue that Brad Marchand was going to get paid regardless. But theres little doubt that his superlative performance playing alongside Sidney Crosby and?Boston Bruins?teammate Patrice Bergeron was a catalyst to his eight-year, $49 million contract extension?with the Bruins. Marchand finished second in the tournament in scoring, and if the Bruins are going to arrest a two-year playoff slide, Marchand will need to be a key part of that renaissance. And while were at it, theres no reason to believe that Bergeron, third in tournament scoring and likely the second-best player on Team Canada behind Crosby, wont hit the ground running in Boston. Look out, Atlantic Division.Remember last year when Crosby had five points in October? Remember how some people wrote him off? Ha-ha. That was funny. Now the World Cup of Hockey MVP and leading scorer in the tournament will return to the?Pittsburgh Penguins?in midseason form after leading the World Cup in scoring and continuing his playoff-MVP level of play. Look out, world.There is no shortage of questions facing the Detroit Red Wings this season as they move on without Pavel Datsyuk and harbor concerns about?Henrik Zetterbergs durability. But GM Ken Holland has to be thrilled with the play of a couple of members of Team Europe. Frans Nielsen, signed as a free agent by Detroit during the offseason, earned much praise for his two-way game during the World Cup. And Tomas Tatar delivered a team-best three goals, including two in the Europeans overtime win over Sweden in the semifinals. Both players are crucial to the Red Wings ability to keep their monumental playoff streak alive next spring. They have qualified for the playoffs in 25 consecutive seasons.There were so many impressive players on Team North America, but?Philadelphia Flyers?fans had to be pleased to see rookie of the year nominee Shayne Gostisbehere get off to a good start at the World Cup. ?His play was impressive, especially after Aaron Ekblad left the tournament with a concussion, and Gostisbehere (four assists) tied for the points lead among defensemen at the tournament.On the other side of the coin, the tournament wasnt particularly kind to anyone on Team USA, as the Americans went 0-3.dddddddddddd But?Los Angeles Kings?GM Dean Lombardi has to hope Jonathan Quick is more like the Jonathan Quick of the first pretournament game against Canada and not the Quick who turned in a 3.56 GAA and .863 save percentage in two starts during round-robin play.The Kings will also be without veteran winger Marian Gaborik, who was injured in Team Europes overtime win over Sweden in the semifinals. Gaborik may miss two months with an injury to his right foot -- which is not good news for a Kings team that appears to be entering a period of decline.Back to Detroit for a moment. Nielsen and Tatar were standouts, but the same cant be said for the perpetually underachieving Thomas Vanek, who had just one assist.Patrick Kane was another disappointing part of Team USA. The Hart Trophy winner failed to score and finished with a minus-4 rating, but we doubt itll take long for him to reconnect with linemates Artem Anisimov and Artemi Panarin, whose Russian squad was dumped in the semifinal by Canada. The pair combined for one goal for Russia, and all three will be looking forward to getting back in a groove in Chicago.Pekka Rinne played in only one game for Finland in the World Cup, a humbling 4-1 loss to speedy Team North America in which Rinne faced 43 shots. Tuukka Rask took over for the final two games, but if the Nashville Predators were hoping that Rinne would use the tournament as a springboard to midseason form, it didnt happen.Speaking of the Finns ... they had a pretty ugly tournament, scoring just one goal in three games. But that said, we were impressed with youngster?Sebastian Aho, and we know that?Carolina Hurricanes?GM Ron Francis is looking forward to seeing how Aho fits in with the Canes. And of course Patrik Laine was a physical presence, even if he did not record a point, and will step right into the?Winnipeg Jets?lineup.It was a bit of a challenge to get a handle on Jack Eichel with dynamic Team North America. The second overall 2015 draft pick had a goal and an assist, but he was overshadowed by Johnny Gaudreau, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. That might not be a bad thing, necessarily, but it will be interesting to see how Eichels season begins in Buffalo.And finally, how about the Tampa Bay Lightning, which led all teams with 12 players in the tournament? Will it hurt the Lightning, getting out of the blocks, having had so many key players -- not to mention coach Jon Cooper, who was an assistant with Team North America -- out of the loop at the World Cup of Hockey? Probably not. Having players play at such a high level early in the season cant be a bad thing. And you have to figure that this tournament will be a boon to a player like?Steven Stamkos, who struggled offensively in the tournament, scoring just once, and who missed all but one of Tampas playoff games with a blood clotting issue. ' ' '