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

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--DEN
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--PHI

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

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