The Nuggets C team is creating a sensation in Philadelphia!

Among the most incredible victories of the season, this one will take a special place. Despite being without all of their senior players, the Nuggets made a splash with a 124-125 overtime victory over the Sixers thanks to the efforts of Jalen Pickett (29 points) et Peyton Watson (24 points).

Among the other heroes of the evening, Bruce Brown scored the winning basket on the counterattack. His layup first found the board before the intervention Joel Embiidlogically sanctioned by “swallowing”. behind, Tyrese McKayas at the end of regular time, he could not answer near the circle.

In a sense, Tyrese McKay and his team could almost feel lucky to grab this extra time, which the visitors could have wrapped up after 48 minutes. Because in the end, Zeke Nnaji (21 points – equaled his career high), and Bruce Brown shone so brightly that the home team had to fight.

Denver could have concluded earlier

After Brown’s line passes, Denver, which went on a 14-0 run in the fourth quarter, was actually two possessions ahead with two minutes left (115-120). It took a winning shot from VJ Edgecombeone of the Sixers’ strong men in “money time” and a Maxi layup for the equalizer.

Mackey himself therefore had a chance to stop proceedings at the buzzer, until Nick Nurse took a timeout to allow him to express himself in the rhythm of the game. Only the local leader dribbled on his foot and was sentenced to a worse shot.

The extra period opened with another award-winning shot from the night’s breakthrough, Jalen Pickett. Beyond that, aside from Joel Embiid’s basket, not much was happening, at least scoring-wise. On Caviar from Paul George, VJ Edgecombe thought he would give his team enough momentum with a big two-handed dunk in traffic.

But this Denver team, in front of the eyes of Nikola Jokić and others in civilian clothes, showed too much heart not to win. And it was Bruce Brown who took the decision.

WHAT TO REMEMBER

– A very small extension. Both teams looked tired in these extra five minutes, ending with a very narrow score (5-4). Three players on the Nuggets’ side and four on the Sixers’ side reached or exceeded the 40-minute mark, including Joel Embiid (32 points and 10 rebounds), who ended up having a lot of trouble expressing himself. He lost a few balls on dangerous passes. Paul George played defensively, but was a non-factor (8 points on 3/10, -18 in the score).

– Discovery by Jalen Pickett. Of all the unexpected heroes of the evening, he was the one who impressed the most. The guard exploded his previous career high (18) on the back of tremendous 3-point skills: 7/11 from distance, 11/20 overall, for 29 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. Above all, like his team-mates, he showed unmistakable confidence to punish the opposition, the clear favorites at the start.

– The Nuggets are still decimated. The list of absentees is so impressive that we could take it from the other end: David Adelman only had nine players available for this game! Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Christian Brown and Cam Johnson, all the starters, and even Tim Hardaway Jr. and Jonas Valanciunas were on the sidelines.

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How to read statistics? Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / 3 points in an attempt; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive jump; T = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Difference of points when the player is on the field; Points = Points; Rating: player rating calculated based on positive actions – negative actions.