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• #76ers score last game series

In the last three games of this series combined, he had 30 points on 16-of-47. He poured in 30 points and added seven points and three assists on 10-of-21 from the field and 6-of-12 from 3-point land. While Embiid and Harden both played well, Maxey was the real difference-maker. At some point, someone else on the Sixers was going to have to step up Tyrese Maxey did just that on Tuesday night. The Sixers evened the series in Game 4 thanks almost entirely to Joel Embiid and James Harden, but while those two are some of the best offensive talents of this era, it's not sustainable to rely on two players every single night. Here are some key takeaways from the game: Tyrese Maxey comes up clutch As a team, they shot 39.8 percent from the field and 31.6 percent from 3-point land, and those numbers were even worse before some cheap garbage time buckets. The Celtics got 36 points, 10 rebounds and five assists from Jayson Tatum and 24 points from Jaylen Brown, but no one else came along for the ride. Even Danuel House, who had barely played in the series, chipped in 10 points and five rebounds. Tyrese Maxey dropped 30 points of his own, James Harden just missed a triple-double with 17 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists and Tobias Harris added 16 points and 11 rebounds. That was thanks in large part to Embiid, who went for 33 points and seven rebounds, but he had plenty of help in this one. They led for nearly the entire game and spent all but a few seconds of the second half up by double digits. The Sixers took that bit of good fortune and never looked back. Joel Embiid started the game with a desperation heave to beat the shot clock which bounced off the front rim, went into the air and came down through the net. After this comprehensive performance, the Sixers suddenly have a 3-2 lead and will have a chance to close out the series at home on Thursday in Game 6.

Tip off to Game 5 is Tuesday at 7:30 from TD Garden.The Philadelphia 76ers went on the road and stunned the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series on Tuesday night, 115-103. The series now heads back to Boston after both teams registered wins on the road in the first four games. Smart had another chance to win the game, and would have won it if he got the ball off in time but his three ball came just milliseconds after the block hit 0.0 and the Sixers held on to win. Instead, Philly forced overtime and Embiid held serve scoring four of his 34 points after regulation and Harden sentenced the game when the MVP kicked it out to him in the corner for the go ahead three with 19 to go in the extra session. Harden sent the game to OT with a floater in the lane, and Marcus Smart had a chance to win it, but missed an open three as the buzzer sounded that would have clinched Game 4 for Boston. Brown had 23, but it wasn’t enough to top the Sixers from forcing OT. He ended the game with 24 after scoring just 2 in the first half. Tatum’s late first half floater seemed to wake him up on the offensive end, and he went for 13 in the third quarter but Embiid and Harden kept their cushion over the Celtics extending the lead out 16 midway through the third.Įmbiid went ice cold in the fourth quarter and so did t he Sixers who scored just 15 points and allowed the Celtics to take a five point lead with two minutes to go in the game as Tatum led the charge. He had 12 points in the first four minutes out of the quarter change and ended the half with 21 to keep the Sixers up by 9 heading into the second half. Harden, meanwhile, ignited in the second quarter while Embiid went to the bench for a brief rest. He had 12 in the first quarter and the Sixers led by eight as Jayson Tatum was shut down until the final minute of the first half when he scored his first bucket of the game. Jaylen Brown had Boston’s first 10 points of the day, and ended the quarter with 12 but Joel Embiid went toe-to-toe with the Celtics star.Įmbiid looks like he is getting more and more comfortable with the knee brace that seemed to affect his play when he returned from an LCL sprain in Game 2. Harden had as many FGs in the first quarter (2) as he did all of Game 3, but he wasn’t the one making headlines in the opening 12 minutes. He had hit just 5 of 28 FGs in Games 2 and 3, but made up for lost time in the overtime win that will silence many of the doubters. The former NBA MVP was bombarded by doubts after two sub par shooting games that raised questions about his coexistence with current MVP Joel Embiid since his return from injury.

James Harden saved the day for the Sixers for a second time in the series, posting 42 points and again coming up with the game winning bucket late in OT. The Eastern Conference Semifinal is tied at a two games a piece after the Philadelphia 76ers survived an overtime battle with the Boston Celtics from Wells Fargo Center.