⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 25-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 4:56 · DEN 53-43 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:03 · DEN 36-36 PHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:19 · DEN 57-56 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
