Denver Nuggets vs. Philadelphia 76ers

Jan 28, 2023

FINAL

34-16DenverNuggets

119

32-16Philadelphia76ers

126

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	38	35	26	20	119
PHI	29	29	38	30	126

Game Recap

Led by Joel Embiid's 47 points and season-high 18 rebounds, the 76ers defeated the Nuggets, 126-119. James Harden added 17 points and 13 assists in the victory, while Nikola Jokic tallied 24 points, eight rebounds and nine assists for the Nuggets in the losing effort. The 76ers have won their 7th consecutive game and improve to 32-16 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 34-16.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	28	7-11	5-9	1-1	6	0	0	0	0	2	+8	20
50Aaron GordonPF	29	8-10	0-1	2-4	5	3	0	0	0	1	+5	18
15Nikola JokicC	38	8-12	2-2	6-6	8	9	0	2	7	2	-1	24
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	33	3-8	2-4	0-0	5	4	3	0	0	2	+5	8
27Jamal MurrayPG	38	7-16	2-7	6-7	4	6	1	0	4	3	-14	22
11Bruce Brown	21	3-8	1-3	0-0	4	3	0	1	2	2	-9	7
3Bones Hyland	21	4-10	1-6	2-2	1	2	1	2	0	1	-11	11
32Jeff Green	18	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1	-12	4
22Zeke Nnaji	9	2-3	1-1	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	0	-6	5
0Christian Braun	— did not play —												— did not play —
31Vlatko Cancar	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Davon Reed	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Ish Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	44-8154.3%	14-3441.2%	17-2085.0%	36	28	6	6	14	14	-	119

76ERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12Tobias HarrisSF	32	6-10	2-4	0-0	6	2	1	0	1	2	+3	14
17P.J. TuckerPF	24	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	4	-1	2
21Joel EmbiidC	37	18-31	4-7	7-10	18	5	3	2	6	2	+14	47
8De'Anthony MeltonSG	22	4-8	3-5	2-2	2	2	2	0	1	3	-12	13
1James HardenPG	35	5-10	3-6	4-6	4	13	0	0	0	1	-3	17
5Montrezl Harrell	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-7	2
0Tyrese Maxey	30	4-11	2-5	3-6	3	6	0	0	2	1	+14	13
18Shake Milton	15	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	+5	2
20Georges Niang	18	5-9	4-7	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+12	14
22Matisse Thybulle	12	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	3	0	0	0	+10	2
25Danuel House Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Furkan Korkmaz	— did not play —												— did not play —
44Paul Reed	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Jaden Springer	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-8951.7%	18-3551.4%	16-2466.7%	39	31	10	2	11	15	-	126

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENPHI

(11:57) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. J. Embiid: Tip to J. Murray
(11:45) MISS N. Jokic 11' Jump Shot
(11:41) J. Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:35) J. Embiid 6' driving floating bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (J. Harden 1 AST)
02
(11:35) N. Jokic shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Embiid 1 FT)
(11:35) MISS J. Embiid Free Throw 1 of 1
(11:32) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:20) M. Porter Jr. 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
32
(10:58) MISS T. Harris 25' 3PT
(10:55) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:48) N. Jokic finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
52
+2 (10:37) J. Embiid driving Layup (4 PTS) (J. Harden 2 AST)
54
+2 (10:25) A. Gordon 16' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
74
+2 (10:12) J. Embiid 13' pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
76
(9:59) J. Embiid shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
+1 (9:59) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
86
+1 (9:59) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
96
+3 (9:50) D. Melton 3PT (3 PTS) (T. Harris 1 AST)
99
(9:29) D. Melton shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Murray 2 FT)
+1 (9:29) J. Murray Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
109
+1 (9:29) J. Murray Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
119
(9:22) N. Jokic kicked ball VIOLATION
(9:18) T. Harris step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:07) J. Murray lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:07) D. Melton STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:59) J. Embiid running reverse Layup (8 PTS) (J. Harden 3 AST)
1111
(8:43) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 16' fadeaway Shot
(8:41) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(8:30) MISS J. Murray 26' 3PT
(8:26) T. Harris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:21) MISS D. Melton running reverse Layup
(8:19) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (8:15) K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT running (3 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
1411
(7:48) MISS J. Embiid 20' pullup Shot - blocked
(7:48) N. Jokic BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:47) J. Embiid REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:47) A. Gordon shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Embiid 2 FT)
(7:47) MISS J. Embiid Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:47) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(7:47) MISS J. Embiid Free Throw 2 of 2
(7:44) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (7:28) M. Porter Jr. 26' 3PT pullup (6 PTS)
1711
+2 (7:11) J. Harden driving Layup (2 PTS)
1713
(7:01) MISS A. Gordon 24' 3PT
(6:59) J. Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:53) MISS J. Embiid 18' pullup Shot - blocked
(6:53) N. Jokic BLOCK (2 BLK)
(6:50) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:47) MISS M. Porter Jr. 26' running pullup 3PT
(6:45) J. Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:31) MISS D. Melton 27' 3PT
(6:27) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:09) J. Murray bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(6:09) J. Embiid STEAL (1 STL)
(6:05) D. Melton bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(6:05) K. Caldwell-Pope STEAL (1 STL)
(6:00) P. Tucker shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
(6:00) PHI Timeout
(6:00) MISS A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (6:00) A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
1813
(5:46) M. Porter Jr. shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Harden 2 FT)
(5:46) MISS J. Harden Free Throw 1 of 2
(5:46) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (5:46) J. Harden Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
1814
(5:28) MISS B. Brown 3PT
(5:24) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (5:21) A. Gordon DUNK (5 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
2014
+2 (5:11) T. Maxey 14' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2016
+3 (4:57) N. Jokic 27' 3PT (7 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
2316
+2 (4:47) M. Harrell cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (T. Maxey 1 AST)
2318
+3 (4:34) M. Porter Jr. 26' 3PT (9 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 3 AST)
2618
(4:14) MISS D. Melton 11' driving floating Shot
(4:10) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:58) A. Gordon Layup (7 PTS) (B. Brown 2 AST)
2818
(3:44) MISS T. Maxey 3PT
(3:41) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:37) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 25' running pullup 3PT
(3:35) TEAM defensive REBOUND
+2 (3:20) G. Niang Layup (2 PTS) (J. Harden 4 AST)
2820
(3:08) MISS B. Brown 6' driving floating Shot
(3:05) G. Niang REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:55) MISS J. Embiid 9' pullup Shot
(2:52) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (2:47) B. Hyland cutting Layup (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
3020
+3 (2:24) J. Harden 25' 3PT step back (6 PTS) (J. Embiid 1 AST)
3023
+2 (2:10) B. Brown cutting Layup (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
3223
(1:51) MISS J. Embiid driving Layup - blocked
(1:51) B. Hyland BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:51) J. Embiid REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(1:51) J. Embiid charge offensive FOUL (2 PF)
(1:51) J. Embiid offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:51) DEN Timeout
(1:37) MISS J. Murray 26' 3PT
(1:34) J. Embiid REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(1:23) MISS T. Maxey 9' pullup Shot
(1:21) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(1:17) MISS B. Brown running reverse Layup
(1:15) J. Embiid REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(1:11) G. Niang lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:11) B. Hyland STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:07) B. Hyland running finger roll Layup (4 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
3423
+3 (0:47) J. Embiid 27' 3PT (11 PTS) (T. Maxey 2 AST)
3426
+2 (0:36) J. Green cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
3626
+3 (0:31) J. Embiid 26' 3PT pullup (14 PTS)
3629
+2 (0:15) N. Jokic 14' Jump Shot (9 PTS)
3829
(0:01) MISS G. Niang 24' 3PT
(0:01) J. Embiid REBOUND (Off:3 Def:2)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

PHI

119Points126

44-81(54.3%)Field Goal(%)46-89(51.7%)

14-34(41.2%)3-Point(%)18-35(51.4%)

17-20(85.0%)Free Throw(%)16-24(66.7%)

36(6)Rebounds(Offensive)39(12)

28Assists31

6Steals10

6Blocks2

14Turnovers11

14Fouls15

52Pts In The Paint48

15Fast Break Pts20

11Pts Off Turnovers22

27Bench Pts33

15Largest Lead8

Game Details

Saturday, January 28, 2023 · 3:00 PM

Wells Fargo Center · Philadelphia, PA

attendance: 21,255 (109.0%)

tv: ABC