Philadelphia 76ers – Denver Nuggets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 8 November 2019

PHI97–100DEN

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It was more exciting than 57% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 18 times

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ DEN winsPHI wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Nikola Jokić decided it, the Denver Nuggets player with the most points (26, with 10 rebounds and 6 assists; +18 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Paul Millsap's (+23). 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 Denver Nuggets 100-97 Philadelphia 76ers (November 8, 2019) was hit by Nikola Jokić: a jump shot with 2.2 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Denver Nuggets up 98-97. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Denver Nuggets 100-97 Philadelphia 76ers (November 8, 2019) was a 10-0 run by the Denver Nuggets in the fourth quarter (from 10:49 to 9:07), from 65-86 to 75-86. The Philadelphia 76ers' best was a 10-0 run between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 76-65 to 86-65.

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Play: Nikola Jokic makes 20-foot jumper (Paul Millsap assists).

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.

Nikola Jokić decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 8 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Jokić 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.

8 November 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401160765:659; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

Philadelphia 76ers

Joel Embiid recovered 1.6 loose balls per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 3 of 352 in the league.
Al Horford contested 10.1 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 30 of 352 in the league.
Josh Richardson recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 54 games.
He ranks 41 of 352 in the league.

Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokić deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 22 of 352 in the league.
Jamal Murray recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 24 of 352 in the league.
Gary Harris deflected 2.6 passes per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 33 of 352 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 Denver Nuggets have won 31 of their 57 games against the Philadelphia 76ers.

31-26record of the Denver Nuggets · NBA 1996-97 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1996-97 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.520

100% of capacity

Ball Arena · Denver

Scoring

197

combined points

26.6 below the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

15 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:00.9

Joel Embiid → Nikola Jokic

During the inbound, Jokic (DEN) places his hand to the opposite side of Embiid's (PHI) hip and brings his hand to a pause. As Jokic releases his hand from Embii's hip, he grasps Embiid's jersey and affects his FOM. A personal foul should be called instead of an offensive foul.