⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 13 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 26-16 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Made two threes to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q2 6:41 · DEN 34-41 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Allen Iverson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:42 · DEN 80-88 PHI
- Technical
Allen Iverson technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 1:44 · DEN 93-105 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 4:26 · DEN 12-23 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 0:02 · DEN 16-32 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 6:31 · DEN 60-69 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 15 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
