PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia 76ers were in the middle of a tight battle with the Denver Nuggets at home and they were looking to continue playing some solid basketball. The Sixers had a lead, but the Nuggets were building momentum with MVP Nikola Jokic on the bench.
It wasn’t Jokic who led a big comeback late, although he did make one miraculous circus shot as the dagger for the Nuggets, but it was rookie Bones Hyland who hopped off the bench and had himself a big night. He had 12 points in the fourth quarter as he knocked down four triples including a big one late to give Denver the lead for good at 110-108. The Sixers could not recover.
Overall, Hyland had 21 points off the bench and he was a plus-16 in his minutes off the bench.