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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**PHI**|**18**|**39**|**20**|**34**|**111**|[](/PHI)|
**DEN**|**25**|**36**|**30**|**25**|**116**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/PHI)**PHI**|**43-89 (48.3)**|**8-30 (26.7)**|**17-22 (77.3)**|**11**|**40**|**18**|**11**|**10**|**3**|**20**|**111**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**43-85 (50.6)**|**11-32 (34.4)**|**19-22 (86.4)**|**10**|**42**|**34**|**12**|**8**|**4**|**16**|**116**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|30:56|6-14 (42.9)|3-7 (42.9)|0-0 (0.0)|1|6|0|1|0|0|1|15|+13|
A. Gordon^^PF|24:18|6-14 (42.9)|0-3 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3|4|2|1|2|1|1|12|+20|
N. Jokic^^C|34:57|8-11 (72.7)|0-0 (0.0)|9-11 (81.8)|3|17|12|3|0|2|3|25|+11|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|31:42|2-8 (25.0)|1-4 (25.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|2|0|1|1|1|5|+8|
J. Murray^^PG|35:46|8-14 (57.1)|3-6 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|5|7|4|2|0|3|19|+6|
B. Brown|29:01|5-10 (50.0)|2-5 (40.0)|6-7 (85.7)|1|4|5|2|1|0|3|18|-7|
C. Braun|16:34|3-4 (75.0)|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|1|0|1|0|2|8|-5|
J. Green|23:42|2-5 (40.0)|0-2 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|0|2|3|1|1|0|0|8|-15|
Z. Nnaji|13:02|3-5 (60.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|2|0|0|0|2|6|-6|
**Totals**||**43-85 (50.6)**|**11-32 (34.4)**|**19-22 (86.4)**|**10**|**42**|**34**|**12**|**8**|**4**|**16**|**116**||
**DNP:** ***Thomas Bryant***, ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Reggie Jackson***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Peyton Watson***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jack White***
**[](/PHI)PHI**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
T. Harris^^SF|28:24|6-12 (50.0)|2-4 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|5|2|2|0|0|3|16|-16|
P. Tucker^^PF|22:35|0-2 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|-23|
D. Dedmon^^C|10:18|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|0|0|2|1|0|-10|
D. Melton^^SG|25:49|3-12 (25.0)|0-5 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|2|2|4|1|0|4|7|-17|
T. Maxey^^PG|33:38|12-21 (57.1)|2-6 (33.3)|3-5 (60.0)|1|4|5|0|3|0|1|29|-10|
S. Milton|21:44|0-7 (0.0)|0-3 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|3|6|3|2|1|0|2|2|+6|
G. Niang|23:15|3-5 (60.0)|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|0|0|0|0|2|8|-7|
J. McDaniels|21:37|6-8 (75.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|2|1|1|1|0|2|14|+15|
P. Reed|16:50|7-7 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-3 (66.7)|3|9|1|1|2|1|2|16|+5|
D. House Jr.|17:08|3-8 (37.5)|1-4 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|1|1|1|1|0|0|8|0|
F. Korkmaz|7:08|2-2 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|6|+10|
M. Harrell|5:47|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|2|0|0|0|0|1|3|+11|
J. Springer|5:47|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|1|0|0|0|0|2|+11|
**Totals**||**43-89 (48.3)**|**8-30 (26.7)**|**17-22 (77.3)**|**11**|**40**|**18**|**11**|**10**|**3**|**20**|**111**||
**DNP:** ***James Harden***
**Inactive:** ***Joel Embiid***, ***Louis King***, ***Mac McClung***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**PHI**|68|18|22|3|59|11|17|[](/PHI)|
**DEN**|58|11|17|22|40|12|8|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 3** | **Times Tied: 2** | **Gametime: 2:08** | **Attendance: 19781**
*Officials: Michael Smith, Pat Fraher, John Conley*
by BigHoneyBot
43 Comments
Vibes were better after some of those losses, jesus.
Both narrative games are over. Nuggets won both. Jokic played well in both. What’s the next hurdle? Probably it’s not an official triple double because he ended the season 9.99 in assists. Maybe give it to the player that’s in the running but played the most games.
Reminder for everyone, The Denver Nuggets actually won tonight in fact
I really wish we didn’t have to wait until Thursday for our next game. 2 off days is a long time to stew on the breakdown.
Hello. Nuggets beat Sixers and Bucks. Yay!
Sixers fans are saying Jokic got exposed on defense in The 4th and almost blew their lead
Well, we beat Milwaukee’s fucking brains out, the East team that’s actually got a shot to make it to the Finals.
Clearly the only reason the Nuggets beat the Bucks and the Sixers is because Jokic is white
Jesus how the fuck are there doomers here go get a life log off read a book
🦆🦆🦆
Are the timberpups gonna help us out tonight? Or are we solely concerned about Memphis Ls and not Kings Ls at this point?
51-24 just looks nice, ya know?
They’re so down bad they’re bitching about the title of our post game thread lol. Hey 6er fans, suck it.
Whoever was at the game, could someone confirm they saw Jokic get a steal? Was it a steal or block? I was listening to the radio that Jokic got a steal…..
I still find it weird why Malone subs out MPJ for defensive possessions sometimes especially when they were up by 5 in this game, why not put some trust in him in a meaningless game before playoffs? Yeah he was not great but he was not the only one who was not at their best defensively.
Are embiid and Harden holding the third stringers back?
Nice to win all the home matchups against the top 4 East teams. Solid W, not worried about the scare at the end. Still wish we could have seen an all out battle with the full sixers squad, Im not sure we are going to see much inspired Nugs bball until the playoffs
A couple of weeks ago, Malone forgot to put MPJ back in the game… Tonight, he forgets to put AG back in the game. Is Malone losing it? Does he not have assistants? Did nobody notice, even during the last timeout? These are some Nathaniel Hacket level screwups.
Man, they could have really used Embiid tonight…
Oh well! Next game, let’s go Nugs. We on a road to winning the 1 seed then the first playoff round. One game at a time. Fuck everything else.
Everyone lost sight of the actual game that happened, the one brought to you by the law office of Brown & Braun.
No mention of Jokic’s triple double on Espn . com front page, but they still have the article up from 17 hours ago bashing his defense. Tell me you’re trying to push a narrative without telling me.
Jokic vs Embiid head to head this year:
Embiid: 47/18/5 on 18/31 shooting and 1 win
Jokic: 49/25/21 on 16/23 shooting and 1 win
Kinda hope we dont have to play the wolves in round 1 lol
We need a poll to determine whether we refer to Embiid with the duck emoji or the chicken emoji
Hell yeah baby
There was a point with about 4 minutes to go that Marlowe said Paul Reed has played well in a loss. I knew it was gonna tighten up after that.
“B-but the refs! The backups almost came ba-“
“Shhhh” *points skyward* “Scoreboard.”
Luka is out for blood especially being out of the play-in. I can see him and Kyrie cook the Sixers like last time.
KCP needs a break or a game where he can just chuck. He needs to find some rhythm before the play offs. However thankful he can contribute in other ways and plays with high iq
Humbled feels like a stretch. Especially when embiid and harden were out.
I love this team
Still can’t believe Embiid sat this one out
Kings had 3 paths to clinch tonight and it didn’t happen.
Just woke up. What happened?
I have a feeling Dame is coming to the Nugs somehow
The missing person signs were humorous
Love seeing Bruce Brown gearing up for the playoffs, even hit a floater tonight! He’s had 4-5 really good games in a row seems like
If Jok gets the MV3, I’m posting this everywhere.
https://preview.redd.it/7ozgpeorcgqa1.jpeg?width=2340&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=4917f563fc3c3db4aa4f28b57df22f5ff802cd52
Did Vlatko call Moach Mike again?
Wolves look pretty good, I’d rather not face them in the first round. OKC or mavs look ideal
Respect to Harden for at least sitting on the bench with the team. Embiid couldn’t even make it out of the hotel
Some of the Stuff you hear from Delusional Sixers fans on the bus coming home is funny. Makes me think were in the fricken East when they say if this is the team we have to beat than it will be a cake walk. Um No Sixers fans you would need to get past either boston or milwaukee before you ever get to the NBA FInals.
Jok just killing Embiid with kindness giving him praise in the postgame interview on the same day that Embiid’s shitty little interview came out really just tops off the night.