![]() ![]() And that’s a tougher task given the amount of games we have.”ħ6ers: Philadelphia started a five-game trip, matching its longest of the season. The second half, you’re really trying to ramp guys up more. If this was early in the year, you’d rest guys way more because you want to get through the year. “The key is winning as many of these games as you can during this stretch and then being healthy. Philadelphia has only seven home games left, tied with Minnesota for the fewest in the NBA. Memphis has the second-most in that span with 12. This was the start of a league-high 15 road games in the season’s final 40 days for Philadelphia. It was 102-77 with 10:08 left when Butler walked down the tunnel toward the Heat locker room and didn’t return. Miami got the lead down to 11 in the third quarter, before it ballooned back to 19 after three quarters and 25 when the 76ers opened the final period on a 6-0 run. The Heat’s worst quarter loss of the season had been getting outscored by 20 points against the Los Angeles Clippers - in a game Miami actually won. Philly’s most lopsided quarter win, before Wednesday, was 18 points on three different occasions. “We have to start really figuring it out,” Adebayo said. 7 spot - meaning the play-in round - in the Eastern Conference with 19 games left. Miami has now lost five of its last six, and remains in the No. That was a huge part of the story, and so was the second quarter: Philadelphia outscored Miami 37-15 in that period, the best single-quarter differential of the season for the 76ers and the worst single-quarter differential of the season for the Heat. ![]() Philadelphia was 15 for 39 on 3s Miami - the NBA's lowest-scoring team - was 7 for 29. “We've shown that we can be the very best against anybody anywhere,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Jimmy Butler scored 16 for Miami before leaving in the fourth quarter with right knee soreness. Everybody who came in was ready,” 76ers coach Doc Rivers said.īam Adebayo scored 20 for the Heat, who beat Philadelphia on the road Monday but trailed by as many as 25 in the rematch at home. “We are a versatile, deep basketball team. The 76ers are 9-4 when Embiid doesn’t play this season. Tobias Harris scored 18 points, while Paul Reed had 16 points, 14 rebounds and was plus-26 in 29 minutes for the 76ers, who played without their All-Star center Embiid sat with left foot soreness. Tyrese Maxey scored 27 points, James Harden added 23 and the 76ers took control early on the way to a 119-96 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. The Philadelphia 76ers didn't need him anyway. It’s just a first glimpse of what these two, and this team is capable of but for the first time since Kyrie came to town there is more cause for excitement than concern in Dallas.MIAMI (AP) - Joel Embiid got the night off. Doncic poured in another 42 as the Mavs fought off the Sixers comeback bid getting a much needed victory to calm the nerves in Mavs nation. Kyrie would live up to his reputation as the best fourth quarter scorer in the league, and t ook over the game in route to a 40 point night. Philly scored the first 16 points of the quarter to dwindle the 19 point Mavs lead down to four just minutes into the last quarter. They hit their first five shots and started the second half hitting 9/10 threes to take a 25 point lead that they almost blew at the start of the fourth quarter. They went into halftime up by four, but came out of the halftime break scorching from downtown. Luka and Irving continued to pour it on, but had trouble stoping the Sixers on the defensive end, which is nothing new for Jason Kidd’s team. He scored 16 points and dished seven assists going into the second quarter as the stars were shining bright in Big D. Irving had a quick 10 points in the first six minutes of the game and Doncic got going to the tune of 17 points in the opening quarter, but James Harden had the Sixers on the Mavs heels. Against the Sixers, they let the game come to them and it resulted in the best night of the new Dallas Duo era. It seemed as though Kai and Luka were forcing the issue over the first few games together, trying to get each other the ball, and not trying to step on one and other’s toes. On Thursday night in Dallas, that is exactly what they had. Dallas lost four of their first five, and there seemed to be more questions then answers as the league’s newest power couple struggled to find any cohesion. No dream start for Dallas Duoĭays were dark in the first five games that superstar Kyrie Irving shared the court with his superstar teammate, Luka Doncic. He and Luka Doncic combined for 82 points in the 133-126 shootout victory over the Philadelphia 76ers from American Airlines Center. The Dallas Mavericks finally gave their fans the performance they had been waiting for ever since Kyrie Irving came to town during the trade deadline. ![]()
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