Philadelphia 76ers 96, Denver Nuggets 124 — Recap

March 17, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Philadelphia 76ers 96, Denver Nuggets 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHI 22-38 DEN; Q2 PHI 18-34 DEN; Q3 PHI 31-28 DEN; Q4 PHI 25-24 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Christian Braun (DEN) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-9 shooting; Cameron Johnson (DEN) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; MarJon Beauchamp (PHI) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 3-of-7 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Christian Braun

22 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-9 FG

Scoring · DEN

Cameron Johnson

18 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 6-8 FG

Scoring · PHI

MarJon Beauchamp

16 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 6-11 FG

Season highs

MarJon Beauchamp · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

PHI 0 largest lead Never led · 7-0 run, Q4 4:13–Q4 2:50

DEN 33 largest lead Q2 1:49 (PHI 38, DEN 71) · 10-0 run, Q4 8:43–Q4 6:36

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q1 9:50, PHI 4, DEN 5).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
PHI	22	18	31	25		96
DEN	38	34	28	24		124

🧮 How They Scored

PHIDEN

50Points in the paint52

23Fast-break points24

8Second-chance points12

8Points off turnovers13

45Bench points52

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.0%Effective FG%59.3%

11.0%Turnover %11.5%

15.4%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.169Free-throw rate0.360

Box Score

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andre Drummond C	28	9	10	3	0	0	0	4-10	1-4	0-0	-18
Dominick Barlow F	27	8	9	4	0	1	4	4-7	0-2	0-0	-18
Quentin Grimes G	26	12	2	1	0	0	2	5-12	1-5	1-2	-21
Justin Edwards F	25	11	5	3	1	1	1	4-12	2-7	1-1	-16
VJ Edgecombe G	23	9	3	4	0	1	0	3-12	0-3	3-3	-21
Trendon Watford F	22	12	3	6	1	3	2	3-7	0-2	6-6	-9
MarJon Beauchamp F	20	16	2	1	0	1	0	6-11	4-8	0-0	-4
Dalen Terry F	18	8	0	3	0	0	0	4-7	0-1	0-0	-9
Kyle Lowry G	18	0	3	2	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	0
Adem Bona F	15	6	3	1	1	3	1	2-3	0-1	2-2	-7

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Braun G	27	22	5	3	1	0	0	7-9	2-3	6-6	+21
Jamal Murray G	26	12	6	4	0	0	2	3-7	1-3	5-7	+23
Nikola Jokic C	25	8	7	14	0	0	5	4-7	0-1	0-0	+14
Spencer Jones F	24	7	5	0	1	1	1	3-4	1-2	0-0	+8
Cameron Johnson F	23	18	2	1	0	0	0	6-8	3-3	3-4	+22
Bruce Brown G	19	12	3	2	0	1	1	4-7	2-3	2-2	+12
Aaron Gordon F	19	12	5	2	1	0	2	4-8	2-3	2-2	+17
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	19	9	4	4	1	0	0	3-11	2-7	1-2	+7
Jonas Valanciunas C	19	8	9	1	0	0	1	3-10	0-1	2-6	+15
Julian Strawther G	13	5	3	1	0	0	0	2-7	1-2	0-0	-1
Tyus Jones G	10	5	1	2	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	+2
Zeke Nnaji F-C	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+2
Jalen Pickett G	7	4	1	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	1-2	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Philadelphia 76ersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Quentin Grimes	Starter	26	12	46.6	21.5	-35.3	3.8
Justin Edwards	Starter	25	11	44.2	22.4	-28.9	8.7
VJ Edgecombe	Starter	23	9	33.8	23.6	-38.7	2.3
Dominick Barlow	Starter	27	8	57.1	16.7	-28.0	8.0
Adem Bona	Starter	15	6	77.3	13.5	-26.8	12.0
MarJon Beauchamp	Bench	20	16	72.7	24.4	-4.3	17.0
Trendon Watford	Bench	22	12	62.2	23.5	-16.4	14.2
Andre Drummond	Bench	28	9	45.0	15.2	-23.7	8.4
Dalen Terry	Bench	18	8	57.1	17.5	-23.7	8.1
Kyle Lowry	Bench	18	0	0.0	6.8	-4.6	0.0

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Christian Braun	Starter	27	22	94.5	18.5	+28.5	19.5
Cameron Johnson	Starter	23	18	92.2	16.4	+43.2	17.9
Aaron Gordon	Starter	19	12	67.6	23.9	+36.6	14.3
Jamal Murray	Starter	26	12	59.5	19.0	+35.9	8.5
Nikola Jokic	Starter	25	8	57.1	20.0	+22.7	13.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	19	12	76.1	17.0	+22.1	21.9
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	19	9	37.9	25.0	+19.9	10.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	19	8	31.6	28.6	+39.3	5.8
Spencer Jones	Bench	24	7	87.5	8.6	+15.1	9.4
Tyus Jones	Bench	10	5	62.5	16.0	+9.5	16.7
Julian Strawther	Bench	13	5	35.7	21.9	-0.2	8.4
Jalen Pickett	Bench	07	4	106.4	18.8	-12.5	7.6
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	09	2	33.3	12.5	+10.0	1.3