Joel Embiid had a big game (34 points including 4 – on free throws – in overtime, 13/23, 12 rebounds) in San Antonio, but he missed the game winner in the dying seconds. Luckily for the Sixers, Ben Simmons (5 points at 2/6, 6 rebounds, 5 assists) was not blocked on the rebound and quietly put the lid on to clinch a victory 113-111 au buzzer ! Seth Curry was good with 22 points at 6/6 at 3-points, Dwight Howard added 14 points, Danny Green he signed 11 points at 4/13 against his former team and Philadelphia, leading in the East, is now riding a series of 4 wins.
For the Spurs, carried by the 23 points of Lonnie Walker IV, 19 of Keldon Johnson and 18 from Rudy Gay, it’s a 3rd setback. It must be said that the team played without 4 of its usual holders; Dejounte Murray (knee) and Derrick White (ankle) were injured and DeMar DeRozan and Jakob Poeltl put to rest for this game. San Antonio still equalized at 102 everywhere on a 3-point Gay 2’37 to go, but the Sixers got back ahead on the next possession thanks to a long-distance shot from Curry. Behind, it is Johnson who reset the counters, also from afar.
Embiid and Johnson kept the two teams tied 107 all over at 1’03 and after a block from Matisse Thybulle on a 3-point attempt from Patty Mills, Embiid missed a small fadeaway not far from the basket: overtime. The two teams only shot 3/11 in the extra 5 minutes, for 10 points combined (6-4 Philadelphia). Author of the tap of the win, Simmons, at 1/5 before this one, had also caused 2 passages in force against Johnson in OT.
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