The score looks close but the game wasn't???
I watched the complete game. Denver was leading at least 60% or the game and went to the last quarter with a 5 point lead.
So where was that not a close game? Philly had their biggest lead in the 4th, before that it went back and forth with countless lead changes.
The deciding stretch was a 18:2 run in a couple of minutes of the last quarter, that's why Philly won.
Nuggets choked on last quarter, so the game wasn't close. If you don't know how to close a game it's not important how you play first three quarters.
Sixers was double digit ahead in last 2 minutes. The game finished with 5 points difference. People who look at the final score could think the game was close, but it wasn't.
Seems like you don't know what "being a close game" means.
It reflects on the game, not the final 5 minutes.
Many lead changes and ties throughout the game. And you say not a close game.
Whole thing could have gone both ways but Philly was the team making the deciding run.
Show me one more person with minimal basketball knowledge that would support your opinion.
Just to show this visually, if this graph doesn't show a close game then I don't know:
What actually would be true if you said this about the Suns vs Kings match. Suns won by 2 even though being down the complete match ( down 12 after 1st, down 17 after 2nd, down 12 after 3rd, up 2 after 4th ). That was not a close match even though the final result suggests that.
But talking about the Philly match that's just straight up wrong.