Philadelphia 76ers – Brooklyn Nets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 11 February 2023

PHI101–98BKN

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↑ BKN winsPHI wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when BKN leads and falls when PHI does.

This is how the game was decided.

Joel Embiid decided it, the Philadelphia 76ers player with the most points (37, with 13 rebounds and 2 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Tyrese Maxey's (+17). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Brooklyn Nets 98-101 Philadelphia 76ers (February 11, 2023) was hit by Joel Embiid: a free throw with 5.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Philadelphia 76ers up 99-98. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Brooklyn Nets 98-101 Philadelphia 76ers (February 11, 2023) was a 12-0 run by the Brooklyn Nets in the first quarter (from 9:37 to 7:18), from 4-6 to 16-6. The Philadelphia 76ers' best was a 8-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 6:34 to 3:56), from 87-96 to 95-96.

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Play: Joel Embiid makes free throw 2 of 2.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Joel Embiid decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Embiid decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

11 February 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401469001:593; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHI

Embiid · Harden · Harris · Tucker · McDaniels

Closing lineup · BKN

Bridges · Dinwiddie · Claxton · Johnson · O'Neale

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PHI

Joel Embiid

37′ · +5

James Harden

37′ · -1

Tobias Harris

29′ · +2

P.J. Tucker

27′ · -3

De'Anthony Melton

14′ · -12

Tyrese Maxey

34′ · +17

Georges Niang

22′ · +4

Jalen McDaniels

16′ · -1

Shake Milton

14′ · +6

Paul Reed

11′ · -2

BKN

Mikal Bridges

34′ · -8

Dorian Finney-Smith

34′ · +2

Spencer Dinwiddie

31′ · +2

Nic Claxton

29′ · -1

Cameron Johnson

28′ · +5

Day'Ron Sharpe

3′ · -3

Royce O'Neale

17′ · -9

Joe Harris

16′ · +1

Ben Simmons

16′ · -1

Patty Mills

7′ · 0

Cam Thomas

18′ · -3

Yuta Watanabe

5′ · 0

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. PHI and BKN.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Philadelphia 76ers

Melton, Tucker, Harden, Harris, and Embiid played 14.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 14 points.
Maxey, Tucker, Harden, Harris, and Embiid played 8.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Niang, Milton, McDaniels, Maxey, and Embiid played 7.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

Brooklyn Nets

Finney-Smith, Bridges, Claxton, Johnson, and Dinwiddie played 22.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
O'Neale, Simmons, Thomas, Mills, and Harris played 6.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
O'Neale, Simmons, Finney-Smith, Thomas, and Harris played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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Philadelphia 76ers

Niang, McDaniels, Maxey, Reed, and Harden played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Niang, Maxey, Tucker, Harden, and Embiid played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Niang, Milton, McDaniels, Maxey, and Reed played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Milton, Maxey, Reed, Harden, and Harris played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Niang, Maxey, Harden, Harris, and Embiid played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Brooklyn Nets

O'Neale, Simmons, Bridges, Thomas, and Harris played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Finney-Smith, Bridges, Johnson, Sharpe, and Dinwiddie played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Finney-Smith, Bridges, Watanabe, Claxton, and Dinwiddie played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Watanabe, Claxton, Johnson, Thomas, and Dinwiddie played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
O'Neale, Finney-Smith, Bridges, Claxton, and Thomas played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
O'Neale, Simmons, Bridges, Mills, and Harris played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Bridges, Watanabe, Claxton, Johnson, and Dinwiddie played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Mikal Bridges covered 4.26 km, more than anyone in the game.

James Harden touched the ball 93 times, a game high.
James Harden made 64 passes, a game high.
Nic Claxton defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Joel Embiid had 23 rebound chances, a game high.

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Philadelphia 76ers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Maxey	3.89	6.6	52	36
Joel Embiid	3.81	5.7	85	58
James Harden	3.70	5.7	93	64
P.J. Tucker	3.12	6.5	12	10
Tobias Harris	3.11	6.1	35	23
Georges Niang	2.46	6.4	30	25
Jalen McDaniels	1.93	7.0	15	11
De'Anthony Melton	1.72	6.6	26	19
Shake Milton	1.61	6.4	16	10
Paul Reed	1.34	7.3	8	7

Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Mikal Bridges	4.26	7.0	56	34
Dorian Finney-Smith	3.77	6.2	36	27
Nic Claxton	3.41	6.6	28	21
Cameron Johnson	3.39	6.7	44	30
Spencer Dinwiddie	3.36	6.0	65

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Philadelphia 76ers

Joel Embiid recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 11 of 382 in the league.
De'Anthony Melton deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 12 of 382 in the league.
James Harden recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 32 of 382 in the league.

Brooklyn Nets

Nic Claxton contested 12.1 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 2 of 382 in the league.
Ben Simmons deflected 2.6 passes per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 22 of 382 in the league.
Cameron Johnson deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 28 of 382 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Brooklyn Nets have won 26 of their 64 games against the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Game context

Attendance

17.732

100% of capacity

Barclays Center · Brooklyn

Scoring

199

combined points

30.4 below the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

22 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 00:15.8

James Harden → Spencer Dinwiddie

Harden (PHI) does not beat Dinwiddie (BKN) to the spot and initiates contact that affects his ability to make the pass.