⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter and never got it back.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better 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, 40 free throws to their fifteen- Made six threes to their fifteen
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 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 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:37 · DEN 10-2 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 5:26 · DEN 49-43 PHI
- Winner
Emmanuel Mudiay makes
Q4 0:00 · DEN 104-103 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:05 · DEN 97-100 PHI
- Missed FT
Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:05 · DEN 97-100 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q1 3:54 · DEN 22-33 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 4:18 · DEN 75-75 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Robert Covington misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · DEN 101-102 PHI
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 15 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
