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Philadelphia 76ers vs. Denver Nuggets

January 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the 76ers 125-124 on 2026-01-05 on the road against the 76ers. The 76ers started Paul George, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, and VJ Edgecombe. The Nuggets started Bruce Brown, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, DaRon Holmes II, and Spencer Jones. Peyton Watson (Nuggets) scored 31 points (15/26) in his matchups, with Tyrese Maxey as his primary defender. Joel Embiid (76ers) scored 18 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyrese Maxey GS	45:35	28	6	6	4	2	1	1	10-22	4-9	4-6	-1
VJ Edgecombe GS	41:42	17	8	9	2	2	3	1	6-17	5-11	0-0	-7
Joel Embiid GS	40:03	32	10	2	0	1	6	2	13-22	1-4	5-5	+8
Paul George GS	32:17	8	2	3	2	1	0	3	3-10	2-7	0-0	-18
Dominick Barlow GS	12:37	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	2-6	1-4	1-1	-7
Quentin Grimes	39:38	16	4	2	0	1	2	4	4-8	3-7	5-6	+9
Adem Bona	22:51	8	6	2	0	1	1	4	4-5	0-0	0-1	-6
Jared McCain	18:43	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+6
Jabari Walker	11:34	6	4	0	1	1	0	3	3-4	0-0	0-0	+11
Totals		124	42	28	9	9	14	20	46-98	17-45	15-19

Did not play: Andre Drummond (DNP - Coach's Decision), Justin Edwards (DNP - Coach's Decision), Eric Gordon (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	44:13	24	7	4	1	2	6	0	7-13	2-3	8-10	+2
Spencer Jones GS	43:27	10	3	2	2	1	1	5	4-6	1-3	1-2	+8
Jalen Pickett GS	41:53	29	5	7	0	0	4	3	11-20	7-11	0-0	+6
Bruce Brown GS	39:21	19	6	2	1	0	0	2	7-13	2-4	3-4	-8
DaRon Holmes II GS	21:02	2	1	4	0	0	2	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	+3
Zeke Nnaji	31:58	21	8	1	2	2	2	2	7-11	4-5	3-4	-2
Hunter Tyson	19:22	14	3	1	0	1	1	2	4-7	2-4	4-4	+2
Julian Strawther	15:22	6	4	5	0	0	1	2	2-5	0-2	2-4	-5
Curtis Jones	8:22	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-1
Totals		125	38	26	6	6	17	18	43-81	18-37	21-28

Did not play: Christian Braun (DND - Injury/Illness), Aaron Gordon (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Paul George · Joel Embiid · Tyrese Maxey · Dominick Barlow · VJ Edgecombe Starter 12.6 min
Paul George · Joel Embiid · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · VJ Edgecombe 9.3 min
Joel Embiid · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · Adem Bona · VJ Edgecombe 5.7 min
Paul George · Quentin Grimes · Adem Bona · Jared McCain · VJ Edgecombe 5.1 min
Joel Embiid · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · Jabari Walker · VJ Edgecombe 4.8 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · DaRon Holmes II · Spencer Jones Starter 18.8 min
Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 12.8 min
Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson · Hunter Tyson · Curtis Jones 4.5 min
Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson · Hunter Tyson 3.5 min
Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Hunter Tyson · Spencer Jones 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

76ers defense

Peyton Watson 31 pts (15/26) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Tyrese Maxey (31 %, 6 pts) · VJ Edgecombe (24 %, 3 pts) · Joel Embiid (18 %, 16 pts)
Julian Strawther 6 pts (1/3) in 29 possessions

Guarded by: Quentin Grimes (49 %, 1 pts) · Jared McCain (15 %, 0 pts) · Adem Bona (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tyrese Maxey	Peyton Watson: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Spencer Jones: 18 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
VJ Edgecombe	Jalen Pickett: 29 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Peyton Watson: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Joel Embiid	Spencer Jones: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Peyton Watson: 15 poss., 16 pts (8/10)
Quentin Grimes	Bruce Brown: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Julian Strawther: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Paul George	Bruce Brown: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Adem Bona	Zeke Nnaji: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jared McCain	Curtis Jones: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hunter Tyson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dominick Barlow	DaRon Holmes II: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Bruce Brown: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jabari Walker	Hunter Tyson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)

Nuggets defense

Joel Embiid 18 pts (6/9) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (28 %, 0 pts) · DaRon Holmes II (23 %, 0 pts) · Zeke Nnaji (19 %, 0 pts)
Tyrese Maxey 15 pts (6/11) in 84 possessions

Guarded by: Bruce Brown (34 %, 4 pts) · Jalen Pickett (17 %, 9 pts) · Spencer Jones (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Peyton Watson	Paul George: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Quentin Grimes: 21 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Spencer Jones	Joel Embiid: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Maxey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	VJ Edgecombe: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tyrese Maxey: 15 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Bruce Brown	Tyrese Maxey: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Quentin Grimes: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Adem Bona: 20 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Joel Embiid: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hunter Tyson	Jared McCain: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Quentin Grimes: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Joel Embiid: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dominick Barlow: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Quentin Grimes: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · VJ Edgecombe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Curtis Jones	Jared McCain: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · VJ Edgecombe: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)