PHILADELPHIA — — Joel Embiid had 32 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists and the understaffed Philadelphia 76ers beat a 13-point required to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 110-102 on Friday midnight.
Embiid, the one averaged 40 points and 11 rebounds in welcome prior four trick, had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the second half following in position or time 76ers star guard Tyrese Maxey abandoned on the way to halftime accompanying a abandoned paw harm.
“He’s so good immediately,” Philadelphia coach Doc Rivers pronounced about Embiid. “Down the stretch the game restricted unhappy very for him. We expressed him particularly what we desired him commotion in the last six summary and he was great.”
Maxey had 24 points, five assists and four rebounds before rolling welcome bone while forceful to the crate against Jevon Carter. Philadelphia pronounced he will have an MRI Saturday. Rivers additional that Maxey was previously tiring a promenading boot afterwards the game.
Giannis Antetokounmpo influenced the Bucks accompanying 25 points and 14 rebounds, still, welcome struggles from the free-confuse line — he proceeded 4 of 15 — were augmented accompanying each attempt in the second half by a noisy Philadelphia crowd.
He was so disappointed by welcome conduct, that afterwards the game he broke promise to the court to practice free throws and cought into an debate accompanying an field laborer the one was fitting commotion few bother the box. Antetokounmpo thrusted the peasant’s graduated system across the court in disgust.
Already outside beginners James Harden and Tobias Harris, earlier Maxey became extinguished Philadelphia accelerated the protective exertion, exceptionally in the triennial quarter when it outscored Milwaukee 34-22.
Rivers admired veteran P.J. Tucker for chief that watchful charge. Tucker was burdened accompanying protecting Antetokounmpo most of the game. Tucker didn’t score a point but was a plus-11.
“Our armament has happened off popular music,” Rivers pronounced. “Tucker can have existed our most influential performer on the floor. It’s a excellent model of by virtue of what you can help your group outside succeed. He was mammoth this evening.”
Georges Niang additional 17 points for Philadelphia, and Shake Milton had 15.
Bobby Portis had 21 points and 11 rebounds for Milwaukee. Brook Lopez additional 15 points.
“We’ve happened speaking about it because type of educational institution,” Milton pronounced. “We need to have that next he up intelligence. If individual man falls we should advance to become involved when named upon. We acted that as a group this night.”
