Nuggets 104, 76ers 103
DENVER -- Rookie guard Emmanuel Mudiay hit a 3-pointer from just inside the halfcourt line as time expired, and the Denver Nuggets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 104-103 on Wednesday night.
Denver trailed by a point with 10.6 seconds to go when Mudiay missed a layup attempt. After Denver fouled, the 76ers inbounded the ball to Robert Covington, who made one of two free throws with 3.1 seconds left to set up Mudiay's game-winner. Officials confirmed the final shot beat the buzzer via video review.
Denver won its 30th game of the season, matching its total from 2014-15.
Philadelphia lost its seventh game in a row and for the 20th time in its past 21 games. It is 9-63.
Philadelphia hit 15-of-37 3-pointers and outscored the Nuggets 45-18 from 3-point range, but Mudiay made the most important trey of the night.
The 76ers used an 8-0 run late in the fourth quarter to turn a three-point deficit into a 102-97 lead. Five 76ers scored in double digits. Reserve guard T.J. McConnell led them with 17 points.
Mudiay led Denver with 27 points while Gary Harris and Nikola Jokic added 18 apiece. Jokic had 11 in the fourth quarter.
Denver led 53-45 at halftime after the teams exchanged 19-2 runs in the first half. Philadelphia's came at the end of the first quarter, giving the 76ers a 35-24 lead. Denver's came in the second quarter, during which the Nuggets held Philadelphia to 10 points on 5-for-27 shooting.
The game was played before a small crowd after 19 1/2 inches of snow fell in Denver on Wednesday. Hundreds of flights in and out of Denver were canceled, and crew chief Rodney Mott could not make it to town, leaving a two-man crew to officiate the game.
NOTES: 76ers coach Brett Brown said F/C Nerlens Noel was a game-time decision because of a right knee contusion that has bothered him for a while. Noel was averaging 11.1 points and eight rebounds per game. ... 76ers Fs Robert Covington (concussion protocol) and Richaun Holmes (right Achilles strain) were available for the first time since suffering their injuries in a March 11 win over Brooklyn. ... F Danilo Gallinari, Denver's leading scorer, missed his 13th straight game with a right ankle sprain. F Kenneth Faired missed his fourth in a row because of low back soreness. F Jakarr Sampson was a game-time decision with a right shoulder sprain he suffered Monday in Cleveland. He received a shot on Tuesday that Nuggets coach Michael Malone said made the shoulder feel much better. Philadelphia waived Sampson on Feb. 18.