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Denver Nuggets vs. Philadelphia 76ers

March 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the 76ers 124-96 on 2026-03-17 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The 76ers started Quentin Grimes, Dominick Barlow, Adem Bona, Justin Edwards, and VJ Edgecombe. MarJon Beauchamp (76ers) scored 3 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 18 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Andre Drummond as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Braun GS	27:15	22	5	3	1	0	0	0	7-9	2-3	6-6	+21
Jamal Murray GS	25:55	12	6	4	0	0	2	2	3-7	1-3	5-7	+23
Nikola Jokić GS	24:48	8	7	14	0	0	5	4	4-7	0-1	0-0	+14
Cameron Johnson GS	23:10	18	2	1	0	0	0	2	6-8	3-3	3-4	+22
Aaron Gordon GS	18:51	12	5	2	1	0	2	1	4-8	2-3	2-2	+17
Spencer Jones	23:59	7	5	0	1	1	1	2	3-4	1-2	0-0	+8
Jonas Valančiūnas	19:13	8	9	1	0	0	1	1	3-10	0-1	2-6	+15
Bruce Brown	19:03	12	3	2	0	1	1	1	4-7	2-3	2-2	+12
Tim Hardaway Jr.	18:42	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	3-11	2-7	1-2	+7
Julian Strawther	12:59	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-2	0-0	-1
Tyus Jones	9:49	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	+2
Zeke Nnaji	9:04	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	+2
Jalen Pickett	7:13	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	1-2	-2
Totals		124	53	35	5	2	13	16	43-86	16-33	22-31

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers 96

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dominick Barlow GS	26:40	8	9	4	0	1	4	4	4-7	0-2	0-0	-18
Quentin Grimes GS	26:15	12	2	1	0	0	2	0	5-12	1-5	1-2	-21
Justin Edwards GS	24:48	11	5	3	1	1	1	1	4-12	2-7	1-1	-16
VJ Edgecombe GS	22:38	9	3	4	0	1	0	5	3-12	0-3	3-3	-21
Adem Bona GS	14:47	6	3	1	1	3	1	2	2-3	0-1	2-2	-7
Andre Drummond	28:06	9	10	3	0	0	0	5	4-10	1-4	0-0	-18
Trendon Watford	21:57	12	3	6	1	3	2	4	3-7	0-2	6-6	-9
MarJon Beauchamp	20:03	16	2	1	0	1	0	0	6-11	4-8	0-0	-4
Cameron Payne	18:17	5	2	2	3	0	2	1	2-11	1-6	0-1	-17
Kyle Lowry	18:17	0	3	2	0	0	1	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	0
Dalen Terry	18:12	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	4-7	0-1	0-0	-9
Totals		96	42	30	6	10	13	26	37-94	9-41	13-15

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 15.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 7.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 4.2 min
Tyus Jones · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Spencer Jones 3.8 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tyus Jones · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther 3.4 min

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Quentin Grimes · Dominick Barlow · Adem Bona · Justin Edwards · VJ Edgecombe Starter 10.2 min
Kyle Lowry · Andre Drummond · Trendon Watford · MarJon Beauchamp · Dalen Terry 5.9 min
Andre Drummond · Cameron Payne · Trendon Watford · MarJon Beauchamp · VJ Edgecombe 4.3 min
Kyle Lowry · Andre Drummond · Cameron Payne · Trendon Watford · MarJon Beauchamp 4.1 min
Trendon Watford · MarJon Beauchamp · Dalen Terry · Dominick Barlow · Justin Edwards 4.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

MarJon Beauchamp 3 pts (1/3) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (24 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Pickett (14 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (12 %, 0 pts)
VJ Edgecombe 18 pts (5/9) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (29 %, 6 pts) · Jamal Murray (22 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (18 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Christian Braun	VJ Edgecombe: 15 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Cameron Payne: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Nikola Jokić	Andre Drummond: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Adem Bona: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jamal Murray	Quentin Grimes: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · VJ Edgecombe: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson	Justin Edwards: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Quentin Grimes: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Spencer Jones	MarJon Beauchamp: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Lowry: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon	Dominick Barlow: 24 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Justin Edwards: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	Andre Drummond: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Trendon Watford: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Quentin Grimes: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kyle Lowry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Trendon Watford: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Cameron Payne: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Strawther	Dalen Terry: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trendon Watford: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Dominick Barlow: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Trendon Watford: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Dalen Terry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trendon Watford: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett	MarJon Beauchamp: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalen Terry: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

76ers defense

Nikola Jokić 18 pts (7/10) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Andre Drummond (35 %, 5 pts) · Adem Bona (26 %, 2 pts) · Dominick Barlow (12 %, 4 pts)
Jamal Murray 4 pts (2/7) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: VJ Edgecombe (30 %, 2 pts) · Quentin Grimes (18 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Payne (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Quentin Grimes	Christian Braun: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Andre Drummond	Nikola Jokić: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jonas Valanciunas: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dominick Barlow	Aaron Gordon: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jonas Valanciunas: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Justin Edwards	Cameron Johnson: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Spencer Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
VJ Edgecombe	Jamal Murray: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Christian Braun: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Trendon Watford	Spencer Jones: 7 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
MarJon Beauchamp	Bruce Brown: 8 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Julian Strawther: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cameron Payne	Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Kyle Lowry	Tyus Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalen Terry	Tyus Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adem Bona	Nikola Jokić: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)