⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 31 from three
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their sixteen
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
- Go-ahead
J.R. Smith hit a 25-foot three jumper, Chauncey Billups with the assist
Q4 2:28 · DEN 96-95 PHI
- Go-ahead
Chauncey Billups hit a 13-foot jumper
Q4 0:27 · DEN 100-99 PHI
- Winner
Kenyon Martin hit a driving dunk, Chauncey Billups with the assist
Q4 0:09 · DEN 102-101 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Carter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:31 · DEN 33-32 PHI
- Turnover
Kenyon Martin lost ball
Q4 2:36 · DEN 93-95 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:57 · DEN 9-12 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 7:41 · DEN 55-70 PHI
- Go-ahead
Marreese Speights hit a two point shot, Lou Williams with the assist
Q4 0:17 · DEN 100-101 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lou Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:56 · DEN 93-94 PHI
- Turnover
Lou Williams lost ball
Q4 2:31 · DEN 93-95 PHI
- Turnover
Andre Iguodala traveling
Q4 0:03 · DEN 102-101 PHI
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
