Joel Embiid outshines Nikola Jokic in NBA MVPs matchup, leads 76ers past Nuggets 126-121

— Joel Embiid palmed Nikola Jokic's head and whispered into his ear with the highest of praise one MVP could tell another in the aftermath of an epic showdown.
Jan 17, 2024, 04:48 am - AP

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Joel Embiid 's 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Joel Embiid misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 27-foot three pointer (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes 8-foot step back jumpshot (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Tobias Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid makes 28-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes 16-foot jumper (Nicolas Batum assists)
  • Tyrese Maxey misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. makes driving layup
  • Tyrese Maxey misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Nicolas Batum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Joel Embiid misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nicolas Batum makes 26-foot three pointer (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Joel Embiid misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Patrick Beverley makes 7-foot two point shot (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Joel Embiid makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Marcus Morris Sr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three pointer (Tobias Harris assists)
  • Patrick Beverley misses driving floating jump shot
  • Paul Reed makes tip shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Tyrese Maxey misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Tyrese Maxey misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tobias Harris makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
  • Tobias Harris misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Nicolas Batum assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes layup (Tobias Harris assists)
  • Tyrese Maxey misses driving layup
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 27-foot three point jumper (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. makes two point shot (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 27-foot three point jumper (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. makes layup (Tobias Harris assists)
  • Tobias Harris makes dunk (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes 17-foot two point shot (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Tyrese Maxey misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tobias Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Joel Embiid misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Joel Embiid assists)
  • Jamal Murray blocks Tyrese Maxey 's 7-foot two point shot
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Joel Embiid misses 20-foot two point shot
  • Nicolas Batum makes two point shot
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Morris Sr. misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid misses 31-foot jump bank shot
  • Patrick Beverley misses driving floating jump shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Christian Braun blocks Tyrese Maxey 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Tyrese Maxey misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Marcus Morris Sr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
  • Tyrese Maxey makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Joel Embiid makes two point shot (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Patrick Beverley misses 9-foot hook shot
  • Joel Embiid makes 19-foot jumper
  • Joel Embiid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Maxey assists)
  • Joel Embiid makes 18-foot jumper (Tobias Harris assists)
  • Nicolas Batum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Joel Embiid misses driving floating jump shot
  • Joel Embiid misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Tyrese Maxey misses two point shot
  • Tyrese Maxey misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 3-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Tobias Harris blocks Jamal Murray 's 12-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk
  • Christian Braun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Reggie Jackson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup
  • Aaron Gordon misses layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • DeAndre Jordan makes alley oop dunk shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Paul Reed blocks Christian Braun 's 7-foot two point shot
  • Reggie Jackson misses two point shot
  • Christian Braun makes 2-foot layup (Peyton Watson assists)
  • Christian Braun makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Peyton Watson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes finger roll layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Joel Embiid blocks Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Nicolas Batum blocks Nikola Jokic 's 1-foot hook shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes driving layup
  • Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 1-foot two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 17-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 19-foot two point shot
  • Reggie Jackson makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
  • DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Peyton Watson assists)
  • Paul Reed blocks Peyton Watson 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Reggie Jackson makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tobias Harris blocks Peyton Watson 's 8-foot layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Reggie Jackson misses driving layup
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 19-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Nicolas Batum blocks Jamal Murray 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
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