⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three
- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their nine
- A 17-0 run took them from 5 down to 12 up in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 42
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 6:28 · PHI 56-55 DEN
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 5 down to 12 up
Q3 0:37 · PHI 65-77 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:15 · PHI 56-55 DEN
📊The numbers
| PHI | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 61% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
