⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the first quarter
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 took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 7:47 · DEN 11-9 PHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 2:12 · DEN 76-72 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wilson Chandler bad pass
Q4 1:38 · DEN 83-90 PHI
- Turnover
Wilson Chandler bad pass
Q4 1:07 · DEN 83-91 PHI

76ers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q1 4:56 · DEN 15-22 PHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 11:23 · DEN 24-33 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 3:25 · DEN 83-93 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nerlens Noel misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:25 · DEN 83-90 PHI
- Missed FT
Nerlens Noel misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:25 · DEN 83-90 PHI
- Missed FT
Isaiah Canaan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:09 · DEN 83-90 PHI
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 13 | Assists | 17 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 12 |









