JJ Redick scored a season-high 34 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-110.
Tobias Harris’ 12-foot floater put the 76ers ahead for good with 3:56 left in the fourth quarter.
During clutch time, the 76ers outscored the Nuggets 11-4. Jimmy Butler III scored 5 of the 76ers’ 11 on 1 for 1 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Nikola Jokić had 4 of his 10 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Mason Plumlee that tied the game and 2 on baskets by Jamal Murray that put the Nuggets ahead.
Butler had 22 points and 3 steals.
For the Nuggets, Jokić had 27 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals, his 27th career triple-double, and Murray added 23 points and 6 assists.
The 76ers went 29 for 32 at the line to the Nuggets’ 12 for 13. The Nuggets got 8 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the 76ers 60-40 in the paint. The 76ers’ starters outscored the Nuggets 46-32 in 17 minutes together. Plumlee fouled out.