Philadelphia 76ers vs. Washington Wizards 118-111 Recap

Philadelphia 76ers vs. Washington Wizards 118-111 Recap

James Harden scored 23 factors and had 17 assists because the Philadelphia 76ers clawed again to .500 with a 118-111 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night time regardless of lacking Joel Embiid.

Tyrese Maxey added 28 factors for Philadelphia. Georges Niang sank all 4 of his 3-pointers within the second half together with three within the fourth quarter and completed with 12 factors because the 76ers received their third straight to shut a four-game highway journey and transfer to 4-4.

“We maintain saying we’re a piece in progress,” Harden stated of his group, which reached the Japanese Convention semifinals final season.

“We’re constantly making an attempt to determine nice we will be. And I’m glad we had been going through a troublesome time. All the things aren’t nice (when) you’re profitable games. It simply feels that approach.”

Embiid, the back-to-back NBA MVP finalist, missed out attributable to non-COVID-19 associated sickness.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 32 factors and Bradley Beal added 19 for Washington, which misplaced its third in a row and second at dwelling.

The Wizards closed to inside 5 inside the ultimate minute after taking place as many as 18 early within the fourth quarter.

The 76ers took a cost on a 27-6 run that spanned the late third and early fourth, throughout which the Wizards made only one subject objective.

“We clearly missed some pictures, we did not have nice execution,” stated Wizards coach Wes Unseld Jr. “Simply the urgency to begin the second half, I do not assume was there.”

Harden and Tobias Harris hit layups on back-to-back possessions to begin it, the latter giving Philadelphia a 72-71 lead with 4:04 left within the third.

Niang’s first 3 made it 82-73 with 1:01 left within the third, and by that point, he sank his third which stretched the result to 95-77 early within the fourth.

“Third quarters are enormous. They at all times have been,” stated 76ers coach Doc Rivers. “When you possibly can come out and stretch a sport within the third quarter, it adjustments the dynamic of the sport. I’d love us to be that sort of group.”