Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Philadelphia 76ers	27	40	27	15	109
Denver Nuggets	35	42	40	27	144

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Philadelphia 76ers	109	44-96	45.8%	15-38	39.5%	6-8	75.0%	8	32	34	20	7	10	4
Denver Nuggets	144	52-85	61.2%	16-31	51.6%	24-25	96.0%	14	56	39	10	7	13	4


Philadelphia 76ers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kelly Oubre Jr.^SF	27:00	8	4-9	0-2	0-0	0	3	3	2	2	1	1	4	-20
Paul George^PF	28:16	11	5-11	1-3	0-0	1	4	5	9	1	1	3	1	-15
Andre Drummond^C	20:29	8	4-7	0-0	0-0	0	5	5	2	0	0	1	2	-16
Eric Gordon^SG	19:08	9	3-4	3-4	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	-12
Tyrese Maxey^PG	33:54	28	11-21	3-10	3-3	0	2	2	10	2	0	2	1	-24
Justin Edwards	27:56	11	4-10	3-7	0-0	2	1	3	1	1	0	2	2	-18
Guerschon Yabusele	24:09	22	8-13	4-5	2-3	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	3	-5
Reggie Jackson	10:25	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-9
Adem Bona	16:18	3	1-3	0-0	1-2	2	1	3	1	1	2	0	3	-18
Ricky Council IV	17:56	5	2-11	1-6	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	-17
Pete Nance	08:09	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-13
Jeff Dowtin Jr.	06:19	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8
Joel Embiid	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Lowry	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Martin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KJ Martin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jared McCain	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denver Nuggets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Christian Braun^SF	25:07	20	8-11	0-0	4-5	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	20
Michael Porter Jr.^PF	24:33	19	8-13	3-6	0-0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	19
Nikola Jokić^C	30:21	27	10-15	2-3	5-5	5	8	13	10	4	1	2	1	21
Russell Westbrook^SG	25:01	11	4-5	1-2	2-2	0	7	7	9	1	0	5	0	20
Jamal Murray^PG	32:40	9	2-7	0-3	5-5	1	5	6	7	0	0	3	1	18
Aaron Gordon	22:20	19	6-7	3-3	4-4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	10
Julian Strawther	26:13	23	8-14	5-9	2-2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	21
Peyton Watson	18:18	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	9
DeAndre Jordan	13:29	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	5	6	1	0	1	1	3	7
Hunter Tyson	06:19	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	8
Jalen Pickett	06:19	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	8
Zeke Nnaji	05:09	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	7
PJ Hall	04:10	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	7
Dario Šarić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Alexander	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vlatko Čančar	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DaRon Holmes II	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cul_what | Lakers

310 | 12 hours ago

Maxey’s smile is slowly fading away

x20mike07x | Pistons

151 | 12 hours ago

Can’t believe he has more all-star game votes than Cade.

Available-Net1790 | France

80 | 11 hours ago

Lol. Maxey doesn’t deserve it this year. East guards is a tough spot and he isn’t close to the top.

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

47 | 11 hours ago

He has to play with that bum Embiid and Podcast P. He might not be the best guard but the poor kid deserves a pity all-star, he also played relatively well against us tonight.

juandell | Nuggets

21 | 10 hours ago

Gotta let Cade build hype with the more casual fans. Cade got my vote tho.

monsieurlazarus | Nuggets

9 | 11 hours ago

Will he make it to the all-star game? I hope he will

x20mike07x | Pistons

19 | 11 hours ago

I hope so! But the fan vote for East guards is dumb right now… Cade is better than 7th in the conference at the guard spot…

Chessh2036 | Hawks

13 | 10 hours ago

The idea that Cade wouldn’t be an All-Star is insane to me. Surely he has to get in? If not something is very wrong.

JimC29 | NBA

10 | 10 hours ago

Not only is he playing great. He’s the leader on one of the most improved teams in the league.

Basic-Heron-3206 | 76ers

18 | 11 hours ago

Would be a disgrace if he did

monsieurlazarus | Nuggets

10 | 11 hours ago

Tyrese or Cade? I think Cade deserves it.

Basic-Heron-3206 | 76ers

27 | 11 hours ago

Tyrese, Cade 100% deserves it

dot-pixis | Nuggets

1 | 7 hours ago

Maxey is your only player

Collier1505 | CLE

2 | 3 hours ago

Cade and Darius deserve it over Maxey and LaMelo so much.

GoodImprovement8434 | Nuggets

1 | 11 hours ago

He played well

nguyenjitsu | DEN

54 | 11 hours ago

Hard to have one when your team has 400M invested into 2 players with one working knee between them in any given point of the year

Basic-Heron-3206 | 76ers

16 | 11 hours ago

One of those players is 90% of the reason why Maxey just got paid and was an allstar so yeah, of course he wont be happy that he’s playing like a bum 95% of games without Embiid

amidon1130 | Hawks

5 | 4 hours ago

Maxey is good but some of the discourse around him was wild last year. He’s a second tier guard in the East behind the big names.

InkBlotSam | Nuggets

11 | 12 hours ago

Tyrese Minsey

Wesley-Snipers | Brazil

6 | 11 hours ago

We may have a picture of him at the end of the season and one from his rookie year that will look like the meme of the protagonist from Round 6 comparing his appearance in the 2 seasons

juandell | Nuggets

2 | 10 hours ago

That kid deserves better

murray_selfish | Brazil

293 | 12 hours ago

Casual 39 assists lol

DentistFun2776 | Nuggets

156 | 12 hours ago

Averaging most assists per game for any team… ever

Betaateb | Nuggets

58 | 12 hours ago

That’s Nuggets ball baby!

Akanamisane | Nuggets

51 | 11 hours ago

easy to share the ball when the best player in the world will pass to anyone if they’re open

CringeCoyote | Nuggets

5 | 3 hours ago

That’s what I fucking love about the guy.

c_Lassy | Celtics

18 | 9 hours ago

Jokic x Russ effect

x20mike07x | Pistons

288 | 12 hours ago

Wow Philly fucking sucks

ChadsBro | DEN

160 | 11 hours ago

Yeah and PG and Maxey played in this game. That’s 2 all-star max players

Shenanigans80h | Nuggets

79 | 10 hours ago

Maxey looked like he was trying still (offensively at least) but PG looked like a fucking skeleton out there. Shit was rough

Kevinar | Knicks

20 | 7 hours ago

I’m convinced Morey is trying to get fired so he can chill on his couch like Monty Williams. Shit, maybe PG can get Morey on his podcast, he owes him after getting the Sixers to pay him $50 mil/yr until he’s 37 lol

GrapeJuicePlus | 76ers

10 | 8 hours ago

Means very little- PG can’t hold it down for shit and is only playing ¹⁄₃ of the time- maxey’s been having a sad season, but the young dude is being run ragged while only getting support from yabusele (god I’m going to miss him) oubre occasionally, Jared McCain for like the 15 games he was able to play, and…no one else.

amidon1130 | Hawks

5 | 4 hours ago

Where’s yabusele going?

Marzipan_Potential | 76ers

0 | an hour ago

Free agent likely more than can afford . Maybe trade deadline guy did a contender

niles_thebutler_

-9 | 8 hours ago

Yall need to get rid of embiids ducking ass. Dude is so scared of jokic because he won’t wanna be exposed

Cool_Purple8274

14 | 7 hours ago

No way you seriously think he was ducking Jokic here and not just injured

niles_thebutler_

-10 | 7 hours ago

Same excuses every single time it comes to playing jokic.

Cool_Purple8274

21 | 7 hours ago

You think he hasnt played a game since Jan 4th because he was scared of Jokic?

niles_thebutler_

-19 | 7 hours ago

When was the last time he played jokic in the nba? Especially in Denver? I’ll wait. He ducks more than flops 😂 just gonna leave this here.

https://x.com/TheAlanB15/status/1881856452429807966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1881856452429807966%7Ctwgr%5E3df4ccfc80ee5293bb36288163f89059481f202a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffansided.com%2Fwhen-was-the-last-time-joel-embiid-and-nikola-jokic-matched-up-in-denver

He hasn’t been back since😂

Cool_Purple8274

13 | 7 hours ago

Yeah man, he surely missed the past 9 games (and more after today) to avoid playing in denver

niles_thebutler_

-6 | 7 hours ago

Whatever helps you cope, I guess? I love how you avoid the question though! Please give me every excuse for ducking him for 5 years.

GrapeJuicePlus | 76ers

-10 | 7 hours ago

Bro stop talking. With his contract? and his injuries?? Where the fuck would he move to. And I’m not even gonna speak on how shameful it would be to treat the guy that way.

And not that it matters as I’ve got nothing but utmost respect for the guy, but embiid pantsed jokic in the Olympics. Spared this country from being a fucking laughingstock.

niles_thebutler_

6 | 7 hours ago

The mental gymnastics embiid fans do is so hilarious. The dude is buns

homiez | Nuggets

6 | 4 hours ago

I love that your bum ass franchise is in the gutter and will never be successful with Embtch.

GrapeJuicePlus | 76ers

-2 | 3 hours ago

K

Toshinit

14 | 10 hours ago

To be honest, it wasn’t as close as the box score made it out to be.

zoeybeattheraccoon

3 | 8 hours ago

They just don’t care. Maybe Maxey does and Yabusele played hard, but the rest of them? Nope.

BettisBus | 76ers

3 | 3 hours ago

This team has so many theoretical wins, we’ve practically theoretically won the chip. The theoretical parade is gonna be so theoretically lit!

dave__autista

1 | 8 hours ago

yes, its great to see

jerkstore27

271 | 12 hours ago

Jokic’s dream teammate might just be a 7ft tall Christian Braun

murray_selfish | Brazil

186 | 12 hours ago

So basically Aaron Gordon lol

PM-me-your-401k | Timberwolves

69 | 12 hours ago

I’m pretty sure it’s Russ

Lol69HaHaHa | Nuggets

52 | 12 hours ago

Its young Russ and 7 foot CB

Thermicthermos

-3 | 9 hours ago

Young Russ would be horrible for you guys because he’d constantly be playing hero ball. He needed to be humbled to accept a role.

spizcraft | Nuggets

49 | 11 hours ago

That’s Giannis

mrblack07

15 | 10 hours ago

Lol, imagine

MarcusFizer

14 | 10 hours ago

Jokic and Wemby would break the NBA. Imagine the Nuggets with Wemby to help on Defense and Wemby playing off ball guarded by 4s…. My lord…

juandell | Nuggets

3 | 10 hours ago

Whitebrook

jonsnowKITN | NBA

231 | 12 hours ago

Having Gordon come off the bench and staggering him with that lineup is paying huge dividends. Three straight triple doubles by Jokic and not having to play in the fourth quarter is diabolical and that is going to keep him fresh going into the playoffs. Seeding be damned, this is the first time I have felt Denver can truly win the championship.

glockeshire

136 | 12 hours ago

I think people forgot how important AG was to the team until he was out all the time. Brings the defense and him and Russ both seem to have that psychic connection to Jokic that lets him do stuff like the no look passes

Betaateb | Nuggets

71 | 12 hours ago

Ya, I have been trying to tell people. The Nuggets with AG and without him are not the same team at all. AG is Mr. Nugget for a reason. He does so much for this team, even in limited minutes.

Kvsav57

18 | 11 hours ago

Especially now that he’s a competent shooter. His threes are a plus but that fact that he looks good at the free throw line is even bigger.

solythe | NBA

6 | 10 hours ago

i still wonder how this will translate to the playoffs. i feel like AG and Jok NEED to be on the court at the same time, despite the recent success

Abject_Bank_9103

6 | 10 hours ago

Now that he somehow voodoo magic’d himself into being a good shooter (how tf that happened idk) he’s comfortably Denver’s second best player.

Betaateb | Nuggets

24 | 12 hours ago

Four straight in the 3rd quarter! Dude is unreal.

EnvironmentalSky9045 | Nuggets

15 | 11 hours ago

Besides the year they won the championship?

juandell | Nuggets

9 | 10 hours ago

I feel this lineup was an accident that just happened to work. “They found something” like Rui guarding Big Yolk

JimC29 | NBA

1 | 10 hours ago

He still has to start to win a championship. He’s the second most important player on the team. He anchors the defense and gets so many dunks.

You could sit him with Murray in the middle of the first and third quarter. Then bring them both back with the bench.

gobroncos47 | Nuggets

136 | 12 hours ago

I had a good time I’ll be honest.

Betaateb | Nuggets

56 | 12 hours ago

Sometimes blowouts are boring. This wasn’t sometime lol

upsups91 | Nuggets

114 | 12 hours ago

This game had such intensity it would make summer league feel ashamed

Superstar_Rezo | Nuggets

112 | 12 hours ago

Arm sleeve Jok has more TDs than 24 teams in league

sorakaisthegoat | Serbia

74 | 12 hours ago

It hasn’t been against good competition but being able not to play Jokic in the 4th quarter for 4 games straight is huge. Also as much as I hate that fat ass he’d feast next to Jokic.

minken12

9 | 11 hours ago

Who’s this fatass?

magictuch | Wizards

9 | 11 hours ago

Perhaps Eric Gordon?

minken12

2 | 9 hours ago

Oh ok, thanks

sorakaisthegoat | Serbia

6 | 5 hours ago

Yabusele

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

3 | 11 hours ago

Phillys centre I think

Slime_Fighter

2 | an hour ago

Kyle Lowry

everyoneneedsaherro | NBA

68 | 12 hours ago

The defensive effort Philly put in today might be the worst I’ve ever seen. Holy shit.

martinap | Nuggets

20 | 11 hours ago

Philaelphia

BurstPanther | Nuggets

10 | 10 hours ago

Gone from a cream cheese to a skin condition.

tacodude64 | San Diego Clippers

5 | 9 hours ago

And then Nurse came on like “we just need to score more to offset our shitty defense, trust me”

boydivision30 | Nuggets

62 | 12 hours ago

Embiid and PG under contract for the long-term. The future’s bright. 😐

FH261169 | Mavericks

20 | 11 hours ago

so bright that the surface is getting burned to ashes

dave__autista

5 | 8 hours ago

i love this for them

Jonesalot

61 | 11 hours ago

Denver started the season 11-10

They are 16-6 since then, for 73% (15-4 with Jokic, 79%)

Not quite OKC or CLE lvl, but it looks like they are back

reviewbarn | Nuggets

36 | 11 hours ago

Their schedule through the end of Feb is super favorable too. Hornets, Blazers and Pels twice each, plus injured sixers again.

Narwien | Spurs

19 | 9 hours ago

People are quick to forget because of that start and last year’s performance how good nuggets starting 5 is. That’s championship team on the floor right there. CB and Watson making leaps in their game also helps.

Not to mention that adding Russ (over Reggie Jackson lul) and Murray coming back into a shape and not playing like an absolute bumass elevates them above everyone but OKC and CLE.

Come playoffs, and if they stay healthy, they can go pound for pound with any team in the league. They rarely crumble under pressure, and good luck guarding jokic without having 3 bigs to rotate on the entire series.

YourOpinionlsDumb

2 | 8 hours ago

I’m taking denver and Dallas (at full strength and no injuries hopefully) against anyone in the west. I think they’re the two true best teams. Okc imo need another season or 2 of playoff ball before they become terrifying.

As for the east, I’m taking Boston over Cleveland

thunderjetstrike

1 | 9 hours ago

What’s the record now with Russ starting?

Bombshock2

1 | 40 minutes ago

17-5

SanderSRB

45 | 12 hours ago

I expected a blowout but this was just stupid

TomatoCapt

45 | 12 hours ago

Nuggets are starting to click baby

Shamsyil | 76ers

40 | 12 hours ago

Justin Edwards looking like a legit NBA player is nice considering he went from 5 star recruit to undrafted. Have high hopes for his future.

Lol69HaHaHa | Nuggets

18 | 11 hours ago

You guys have some nice bench pieces.

If you had Embid from last year, youd be looking hella good rn.

Basic-Heron-3206 | 76ers

18 | 11 hours ago

you could say that any team in NBA history would be looking good if you add a 35/13/5 per game machine tbh. Adding Embiid to this team is like adding him to any other awful lottery team

Lol69HaHaHa | Nuggets

4 | 11 hours ago

I mean him and Maxey always look spectacular together.

And with less pressure, PG could make something work as the 3rd option.

And then after that there are acouple of good pieces.

Especially your rookie that was gonna win ROTY before he got injured.

ChadsBro | DEN

-8 | 11 hours ago

Dumb

malcifer11 | Kings

37 | 12 hours ago

those nuggets really are something rn. spectacular ball movement and so many players stepped up and shot the lights out. i’m excited for thursday

CantorFunction | Nuggets

15 | 11 hours ago

Looking forward to our matchup in a couple of days. Hope the b2b doesn’t affect your guys too badly, but please tell them to put maximum effort into beating the warriors nonetheless 🙏

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

1 | 11 hours ago

I’m scared. We nearly lost last time.

BlindManBaldwin | Nuggets

31 | 12 hours ago

Game wasn’t as close as the score.

-Sticks_and_Stones- | Nuggets

33 | 12 hours ago

Nuggets look great but I think my kids’ middle school basketball team could’ve dropped 100 on the Sixers tonight.

scribble-dreams

-12 | 9 hours ago

They could not

Charliebitme1234 | Clippers

27 | 12 hours ago

paul george is so good

Sweatytubesock

3 | 4 hours ago

Best podcaster in the league.

JohnSteamboat

19 | 11 hours ago

How the fuck are you supposed to stop the Nuggets’ offense? They can score on you from literally anywhere.

UltraZulwarn | Nuggets

20 | 11 hours ago

You just pray Jamal Murray or the bench to miss a lot of shots.

….that was true until earlier this season.

Jamal often gets the most shots (more than Jokic) so if he missed a lot, Denver would have likely lost.

Now tho, the other guys can score double digits.

Would love to see Nuggets vs OKC again.

chokethewookie | Nuggets

5 | 11 hours ago

If they shoot like this, you can’t.

Zookeeper187

0 | 11 hours ago

You stop it with Jamal.

Salty_Watermelon | Clippers

17 | 10 hours ago

Paul George signed up to get max money and be the 3rd option on the 76ers.

And he’s actually fulfilling his end of the deal. Only that on any given night he’s the 3rd option behind Maxey + one of Yabusele/Oubre Jr.

Western-Election-997 | Mavericks

19 | 11 hours ago

Another missed Jokic vs Embid matchup, they have barely played at all the past 3 years

AustnWins | Nuggets

16 | 11 hours ago

It’s a shame, but it’s not like we need to shake our fists at the universe for such unforeseen poor fortune. Embiid doesn’t play here since the buzzer beater loss.

EnvironmentalSky9045 | Nuggets

5 | 11 hours ago

Last time he played in Denver was 2019 lol such a joke

rikurai

-1 | 9 hours ago

I mean he has a legit excuse this time. But it is wild that the streak will live on to see a 7th year.

know-it-mall

1 | 10 hours ago

3? More like 5.

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9 | 12 hours ago

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everyoneneedsaherro | NBA

9 | 12 hours ago

Embiid has missed 9 games in a row with a degenerative knee condition what are you talking about

bluetiges | Nuggets

18 | 12 hours ago

yeah, i don’t love this narrative this year. he’s clearly hurt, and the joke has been made thousands of time today

everyoneneedsaherro | NBA

6 | 12 hours ago

It’s been gross

stalemac | Nuggets

9 | 12 hours ago

Tbf Embiid has only played 2 games in Denver ever. Injury or not that’s pretty wild.

Lol69HaHaHa | Nuggets

-2 | 12 hours ago

Its the meme

No_Cat_8490

1 | 11 hours ago

U bum

[deleted]

-1 | 12 hours ago

[deleted]

downtoclown02 | Nuggets

1 | 12 hours ago

True sorry

homiez | Nuggets

-4 | 12 hours ago

“Where’s Embiid at?” one of greatest chants of the modern era

ConcLaveTime | Nuggets

14 | 12 hours ago

Fucking clean and let’s go Strawther!!!

Rodknee__ | Nuggets

11 | 12 hours ago

Nuggets handily winning games, and Jokic has been able to sit out 4th quarters lately. If nuggets keep this up for a good bit of their games in the rest of the season, Jokic will be able to go into playoffs rested and without having to overextend himself. League might be in trouble if that happens…

AppleOk6501

1 | 8 hours ago

All would be for nothing if Murray plays like unwiped ass.

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

12 | 12 hours ago

Nuggets are back

los_blanco_14 | Warriors

9 | 11 hours ago

Yabusele is carrying padcast P’s bumass

glockeshire

8 | 12 hours ago

I was dooming earlier in the season about the nugs but seeing Russ find his place on the team and Braun/Strawther evolve as players is so cool and promising for the future.

Murray really needs to get his shit together though or Russ on his happy meal and some change vet min is gonna take his spot. I’d be embarrassed but then again I don’t have a guaranteed max coming up

PM-me-your-401k | Timberwolves

11 | 11 hours ago

Just play Jamal at the 2 so he doesn’t have to worry about facilitating and he can just hoop.

cirrxs123

8 | 12 hours ago

damn i understand embiids out but wtf, denver really ass whopped them

BanUrzasTower | SAC

7 | 8 hours ago

Paul George been getting a lot of slander this year and it’s somehow not enough. Dude just doesn’t impact the game at all. Every time I’ve tuned in to the 6ers this year it feels like he’s not even on the court.

petarisawesomeo | Nuggets

2 | 2 hours ago

He got absolutely dominated by Braun.

Betaateb | Nuggets

8 | 12 hours ago

This Jokic dude is pretty good.

Autistic_Puppy

9 | 12 hours ago

The Sixers are up there for being the most depressing team in the league

OkRisky

10 | 12 hours ago

Nikola Fatkic with 4 steals? He’s top 5 in total steals and steals per game in the league? A category which is dominated by elite guards? Wait but people said he sucks at defense, wtf?

OkRisky

11 | 11 hours ago

Wow, this is so absurd. He is also top 5 in the league in total deflections and deflections per game. Also a category in company of good defenders. So strange. He must be just gambling like a mad man for these too. Absolutely no discipline and going for stats. Must be.

monsieurlazarus | Nuggets

4 | 11 hours ago

It’s his rim protection.

juandell | Nuggets

3 | 9 hours ago

If he was an elite (or just very good) defender/rim protector he’d be the best (not greatest) player in the history of the game with little to no objection

YourOpinionlsDumb

2 | 8 hours ago

It’s really taxing to be as elite as he is on offense and then also be elite defensively. He’d get burned out much quicker

juandell | Nuggets

2 | 4 hours ago

Also can’t afford the foul trouble by some of these ~~foul baiters~~ ~~flopping~~ creative players

AustnWins | Nuggets

3 | 11 hours ago

Simply disrespectful ball movement from the Nuggets lately

Basic-Heron-3206 | 76ers

5 | 11 hours ago

Another game closer to capturing the Flagg and getting Nurse and Morey fired into the sun. lets gooo

juandell | Nuggets

1 | 9 hours ago

Is morey responsible for drafting? That’s one thing Philly has been great at

Basic-Heron-3206 | 76ers

1 | 3 hours ago

It’s a committee but if i give him discredit for the shit he does i have to give him credit for it

Diqt

4 | 11 hours ago

Didn’t watch the game but who is Strawther? Never heard of him

darti_me | Mavericks

11 | 11 hours ago

Nuggets 2nd year player. Consensus decent offensive role player with dubious defensive tendencies. Generally plays with the correct energy so he gets the final spot in an 8 man rotation.

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

2 | 11 hours ago

His floater is legit unstoppable

Opulescence | Thunder

5 | 10 hours ago

Am I crazy or is Tobias Harris a better value now than PG? Sixers could’ve re-signed Harris for half of what PG got and they probably get the same result record wise.

pazuzu_lives

4 | 9 hours ago

Well after all that talk early in the season, it’s late January and the Nuggets are at a 51 win pace

WadeCountyClutch | Lakers

3 | 7 hours ago

Glad to know Paul George took time off his podcast to play

fanime34 | NBA

3 | 11 hours ago

They really love to say Gradey Dick.

Saaammmy

3 | 11 hours ago

Shooting sleeve Jokic is different

DrDropShot1

4 | 9 hours ago

I feel like someone on the Nuggets coaching staff/front office reads these boards lol…Right after I (and others) pointed out Westbrook’s diminished role last few games (and the negative impact), they thankfully went back to what was working before. Also, Malone gives a game-day interview specifically noting Russ’ role isn’t changing, Nuggets media tweets how much Jokic “loves” Westbrook, and Jokic on TNT talks about his synergy with Russ - probably all just a coincidence, but either way glad they’re doing what’s best for team chemistry and WINS. Bonus was hearing Jokic basically call out the LA teams for misusing Russ! lol

Tonight was a beautiful game as the Nuggets went back to the fast-paced, quick passing, bodies moving offense that’s been so successful all season. Sure, the Sixers were already in a funk, but when the Nuggets play like this, with Jokic and Russ co-facilitating, the offense as a whole is so difficult to defend. Nuggets scored 144 points on 61% and 51% from 3, which is a direct byproduct of good/easier shots coming out of transition, cuts, and penetration. They also had 39 ASSISTS which happens when two elite playmakers are handling the ball for most of the game.

Jokic and Westbrook are the highest +/- duo in the NBA for a reason. Russ didn’t shoot much tonight, but Jokic did find him for a 3, and gave Russ the ball in the right spots. Jokic was back to scoring super efficiently in part due to Russ’ pinpoint entry passes and feeds off the roll/cut. As we saw with that beautiful Russ-Jokic-AG alley-oop, the unstoppable part of the Jo-Bro duo is that when one of them feeds the other, EITHER one can immediately and precisely find another cutter or shooter when the defenses shift. Unstoppable.

Importantly, Jokic trusted Russ by throwing the ball ahead and letting him facilitate for others too. Braun continues to be such a complimentary piece because of his finishing in transition and cuts - his role is more essential than some realize because if he doesn’t move, it makes things tougher for Jokic/Russ, or whoever. Even though he didn’t shoot a ton, MPJ goes back to getting more variety of shots, not just spotting up, but also scoring off curls, cuts, and deep in the post.

Strawther’s stroke is just so smooth - if he can find consistency with that, he’s a huge asset as a gunner of the bench. AG scoring so easily off the bench is such a luxury to have, only nitpick is he should never have 0 rebounds in a game. Not sure what happened with Watson, he just felt invisible tonight. DJ has been steady, and allows Jokic to rest more, which will be great for the team late season.

The only two “bad” things about using Westbrook correctly, is that it seems Jamal has trouble adapting to the pace and quick movement/passing offense that has benefited pretty much everyone else. To his credit, Malone didn’t force Jamal’s slow offense, when everyone else was playing so well this way. To Jamal’s credit, he didn’t force shots when he wasn’t hitting. Some will rag on him for only scoring 9 points, but he was actually being a good TEAM player by not killing the offensive flow by chucking, and letting others cook. Also he did well kicking out to open shooters when defenses shifted.

Other bad thing is Westbrook’s probably not going to get another triple double as a Nugget. It’s because when Russ is crashing the glass, dropping dimes, and approaching a TD, and Jokic gets his customary TD, that usually means the Nuggets are blowing out the other team. Based on Malone’s rotations, Russ ends up playing only 6 minutes in the second half, as he sits the entire 4Q while Jamal + bench just ride those minutes out in blowouts. Wish Malone gave him just another few minutes to get that last assist and 3 rebounds lol.

petarisawesomeo | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

My brother in Christ - please don’t write an entire essay in the comments. Nobody is reading this.

QuesoKristo

3 | 7 hours ago

The Process?

More like “Procession”.

StarCraft | Nuggets

4 | 12 hours ago

Jokic is 2-6 against Embiid after tonight

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

2 | 11 hours ago

Jokic with 1 block and 4 steals tonight.

Lokenlives4now

2 | 11 hours ago

When the nuggets can run they are basically unstoppable the amount of fast break points in this game was insane they broke the 76ers spirit so early

niles_thebutler_

2 | 8 hours ago

To the surprise of no one embiid ducks again

Relative-Falcon-9036

1 | 12 hours ago

Uh ohh Denver coming for that 2nd seed!! 76ers desperately need embiid got to feel for maxey.

Basic-Heron-3206 | 76ers

4 | 11 hours ago

feel what for Maxey? If he wasnt being absolute ass we wouldnt have to tank the rest of the season

Wesley-Snipers | Brazil

5 | 11 hours ago

Maxey playing at his best with this version of PG and with Embiid injured only brings the Sixers to the worst spot possible, which is mediocrity. We can’t do shit with only Maxey, and he is forcing a lot because he has no other option to rely on attack, and we get out of the high lottery spots, because he will still make us win a game or two, which is enough to put ahead of some teams and lose the pick to OKC.

Timely-Junket-5437

3 | 11 hours ago

His mvp 1st option teammate can’t stay healthy so he’s being forced into that role. Paul George is bored and not playing up to that contract. Along with your potential rookie of the year going down. Keep trusting the process tho

dot-pixis | Nuggets

1 | 7 hours ago

Why are you trashing your only player?

Basic-Heron-3206 | 76ers

2 | 3 hours ago

Cause he’s been playing like shit all season lol

DentistFun2776 | Nuggets

1 | 11 hours ago

Lefkoe is a Philly guy… stuff makes sense

Secure_Brush_30

1 | 11 hours ago

sixers chances for play-in is slipping away lmao. PG lmao

MrBhyn | Celtics

1 | 7 hours ago

I’m curious why they keep on playing PG at 4. Put him back in 2 or 3. you’re spending money on him so let him play his comfortable position to ball.

thebosstiat | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

I need Jamal Murray to play like he isn’t a garbage time bench warmer.

Futurebrain | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

Embiid should be fined for this shit. So much for “Rivals week.”

Efficient_Durian_989

0 | 12 hours ago

Oh did they defeat them didn’t notice… Jeesh

The Denver Nuggets (26-16) defeat the Philadelphia 76ers (15-26), 144-109.