The Philadelphia 76ers were looking to bounce back from their first loss of the road trip, but they were caught up in the altitude and they fell to the Denver Nuggets 104-95 for a second straight loss. Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. combined for 57 points on the night and Philadelphia could not stop them in the Mile High City.
The Sixers just seemed like they were not able to get into a rhythm on either end of the floor and Denver took advantage. They were not able to string together any defensive stops and they also struggled on the offensive end of the floor.
Tyrese Maxey had 13 points to lead Philadelphia, Tobias Harris had 12 points, Ben Simmons had 11, Dwight Howard had 10 points and seven rebounds, Shake Milton had 10, and Mike Scott had nine points and 7 rebounds.
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