PHILADELPHIA — The 1983 and 1990 Denver Nuggets were sweating at halftime.
A franchise that didn’t possess many records or milestones before last season was at least responsible, on separate occasions, for the highest-scoring NBA game of all time (370 points in 1983) and the highest-scoring regulation NBA game of all time (320 in 1990).
Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid and company were keeping decent pace with history for the first half of a marquee clash of MVP centers that eventually slowed down — marginally. The 76ers emerged with a 126-121 win Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center in the first of two matchups this month between teams contending near the top of the standings in their respective conferences.