Philadelphia 76ers @ Denver Nuggets
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET
Ball Arena, Denver, CO | Game ID: 22500997
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DEN 38 34 28 24 124PHI 22 18 31 25 96
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Christian Braun scores 22 as Nuggets rout short-handed 76ers 124-96
DENVER -- — Christian Braun had 22 points, Nikola Jokic finished with 14 assists, and the Denver Nuggets routed the injury-plagued Philadelphia 76ers 124-96 on Tuesday night.
Denver kept pace with Minnesota, which beat Phoenix on Tuesday night , in a tight Western Conference race. There are 1 1/2 games separating the third-place Los Angeles Lakers and the Timberwolves in sixth.
Philadelphia played without Joel Embiid (right oblique strain), Tyrese Maxey (sprained finger) and Kelly Oubre Jr . (left elbow strain). Paul George is serving a 25-game suspension .
The sold-out crowd booed Embiid when he came to the bench for the first time in the third quarter. Embiid has missed the last six Sixers games in Denver, denying Nuggets fans an MVP matchup between the Philadelphia big man and Jokic.
Jokic scored eight points on 4 of 7 shooting but reached 10 assists in less than 12 minutes. He picked up two quick fouls and a technical in the first quarter after dishing out eight assists.
Cameron Johnson scored 18 points and Jamal Murray finished with 12 points after shooting 1 of 14 at the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. Murray missed his final 13 shots before fouling out in the overtime loss.
Denver was missing its starting five when the teams met in Philadelphia on Jan. 5 but pulled out an overtime win against a healthy Sixers team.
The Nuggets didn’t suffer the same fate as Philadelphia on Tuesday night. They never trailed, jumping out to a 16-point lead after the first quarter and 71-38 on Braun’s two free throws with play with 1:39 left in the second quarter.
Denver held the Sixers to 40 points in the first half, the fewest it has allowed, and never let them back into the game.
Up next 76ers: Continue their three-game road trip at Sacramento on Thursday night.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoJoJoMu 5 18 +9 6 9 67 2 2 100 2 2 100 0 7 7 6 0 0 2 1
DEN Braun, Gordon, Johnson, Jokić, Murray
in Braun, Gordon, Johnson, Jokić, Murray
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoJrJoMu 2 5 0 2 4 50 1 3 33 2 2 100 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 0
DEN Braun, Gordon, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, Murray
in Hardaway Jr.
out Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoMuJo 2 10 +5 3 4 75 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0
DEN Braun, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, Murray, S. Jones
in S. Jones
out Gordon
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoJoVa 2 5 +3 2 4 50 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2
DEN Brown, Hardaway Jr., Johnson, S. Jones, Valančiūnas
in Brown, Johnson, Valančiūnas
out Braun, Jokić, Murray
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoJoVa 5 11 +6 4 9 44 1 3 33 0 0 0 3 6 9 1 0 1 1 2
DEN Brown, Hardaway Jr., Johnson, S. Jones, Valančiūnas
in ---
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrMuJoVa 2 6 +2 3 4 75 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
DEN Braun, Brown, Murray, S. Jones, Valančiūnas
in Braun, Murray
out Hardaway Jr., Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrGoJoMu 2 5 +3 2 2 100 0 0 0 1 1 100 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0
DEN Braun, Brown, Gordon, Jokić, Murray
in Gordon, Jokić
out S. Jones, Valančiūnas
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoJoJoMu 3 12 +5 3 6 50 2 4 50 3 4 75 0 4 4 3 0 0 1 1
DEN Braun, Gordon, Johnson, Jokić, Murray
in Johnson
out Brown
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoJoJoMu 7 15 0 6 10 60 2 3 67 1 2 50 0 4 4 6 0 0 1 2
DEN Braun, Gordon, Johnson, Jokić, Murray
in ---
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoMuJo 2 4 -1 2 5 40 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2
DEN Braun, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, Murray, S. Jones
in Hardaway Jr., S. Jones
out Gordon, Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrJrJoJo 1 3 -6 1 2 50 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
DEN Braun, Brown, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, S. Jones
in Brown
out Murray
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoStVa 3 6 -2 2 5 40 0 1 0 3 4 75 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 2
DEN Brown, Hardaway Jr., S. Jones, Strawther, Valančiūnas
in Strawther, Valančiūnas
out Braun, Jokić
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrNnStJoVa 2 4 +4 1 5 20 1 2 50 1 4 25 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1
DEN Brown, Nnaji, Strawther, T. Jones, Valančiūnas
in Nnaji, T. Jones
out Hardaway Jr., S. Jones
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
NnPiStJoVa 3 10 -1 4 8 50 1 1 100 1 2 50 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1
DEN Nnaji, Pickett, Strawther, T. Jones, Valančiūnas
in Pickett
out Brown
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
NnPiJoStJo 4 7 -1 2 5 40 2 4 50 1 2 50 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 1
DEN Nnaji, Pickett, S. Jones, Strawther, T. Jones
in S. Jones
out Valančiūnas
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaBoEdEdGr 6 14 -6 6 15 40 1 6 17 1 1 100 2 3 5 2 2 1 1 4
PHI Barlow, Bona, Edgecombe, Edwards, Grimes
in Barlow, Bona, Edgecombe, Edwards, Grimes
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaDrEdGrPa :51 0 -3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PHI Barlow, Drummond, Edwards, Grimes, Payne
in Drummond, Payne
out Bona, Edgecombe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeDrEdPaWa 2 5 -5 2 4 50 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
PHI Beauchamp, Drummond, Edgecombe, Payne, Watford
in Beauchamp, Edgecombe, Watford
out Barlow, Edwards, Grimes
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeDrEdPaWa 2 2 -3 1 4 25 0 2 0 1 1 100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
PHI Beauchamp, Drummond, Edgecombe, Payne, Watford
in ---
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BoEdGrPaWa 2 2 -5 1 7 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
PHI Bona, Edwards, Grimes, Payne, Watford
in Bona, Edwards, Grimes
out Beauchamp, Drummond, Edgecombe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BoEdGrLoTe 2 3 -1 1 4 25 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
PHI Bona, Edwards, Grimes, Lowry, Terry
in Lowry, Terry
out Payne, Watford
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DrEdGrLoTe 2 4 -2 2 4 50 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1
PHI Drummond, Edwards, Grimes, Lowry, Terry
in Drummond
out Bona
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaDrEdPaTe 2 3 -3 1 4 25 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3
PHI Barlow, Drummond, Edgecombe, Payne, Terry
in Barlow, Edgecombe, Payne
out Edwards, Grimes, Lowry
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaDrEdGrPa 3 4 -2 2 6 33 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 0 1 3
PHI Barlow, Drummond, Edgecombe, Grimes, Payne
in Grimes
out Terry
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaBoEdEdGr 4 13 +5 4 6 67 1 2 50 2 2 100 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 3
PHI Barlow, Bona, Edgecombe, Edwards, Grimes
in Bona, Edwards
out Drummond, Payne
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaDrEdEdGr 3 2 -5 1 4 25 0 1 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
PHI Barlow, Drummond, Edgecombe, Edwards, Grimes
in Drummond
out Bona
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaDrGrLoPa 2 5 +1 2 6 33 0 1 0 1 2 50 2 3 5 2 0 0 1 0
PHI Barlow, Drummond, Grimes, Lowry, Payne
in Lowry, Payne
out Edgecombe, Edwards
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeDrLoPaWa 4 13 +3 4 7 57 3 5 60 2 3 67 0 4 4 4 2 1 2 4
PHI Beauchamp, Drummond, Lowry, Payne, Watford
in Beauchamp, Watford
out Barlow, Grimes
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeDrLoTeWa 2 4 +2 1 3 33 0 2 0 2 2 100 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
PHI Beauchamp, Drummond, Lowry, Terry, Watford
in Terry
out Payne
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaBeLoTeWa 1 0 -4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
PHI Barlow, Beauchamp, Lowry, Terry, Watford
in Barlow
out Drummond
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaBeEdTeWa 4 11 +1 4 6 67 1 3 33 2 2 100 0 4 4 4 0 3 2 1
PHI Barlow, Beauchamp, Edwards, Terry, Watford
in Edwards
out Lowry
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeDrLoTeWa 4 8 +1 4 8 50 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 1 0 0 2
PHI Beauchamp, Drummond, Lowry, Terry, Watford
in Drummond, Lowry
out Barlow, Edwards
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DENAG A. Gordon
BB B. Brown
CB C. Braun
CJ C. Johnson
JM J. Murray
JP J. Pickett
JS J. Strawther
JV J. Valančiūnas
JO Jokic
NJ N. Jokić
SJ S. Jones
TH T. Hardaway Jr.
TJ T. Jones
VA Valanciunas
ZN Z. Nnaji
PHIAB A. Bona
AD A. Drummond
CP C. Payne
DB D. Barlow
DT D. Terry
JE J. Edwards
KL K. Lowry
MB M. Beauchamp
QG Q. Grimes
TW T. Watford
VE V. Edgecombe
DEN/PHI the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur