![]() Grizzlies: At Washington on Wednesday night. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia’s 2014 first-round pick who is recovering from his second foot surgery over the summer, worked on shooting before the game. 11, 2009.ħ6ers: Kendall Marshall (knee) didn’t dress but is expected to play Wednesday at the Bucks with a restriction of 25 minutes. Memphis has won six straight in Philadelphia dating to Feb. Grizzlies: Tony Allen returned after sitting out the previous five games due to a knee injury. McConnell and passed ahead to Lee for an uncontested layup just before the buzzer. But Memphis ended the quarter up 77-66 when Conley stripped T.J. Okafor’s driving, spinning layup with 2:42 left in the period cut the Grizzlies’ lead to 73-64. But Memphis slowly increased its lead to double digits, eventually taking its largest advantage to that point on Barnes’ layup that made it 71-56 with 5:16 left in the third quarter. The Grizzlies’ advantage grew to as many as 20 points, and Philadelphia never got closer than 12 the rest of the way. Vince Carter drained a pair of 3-pointers and Randolph had a follow layup to put the Grizzlies in front 85-66 with 10:54 left. Nuggets: Start a three-game homestand against New Orleans on Tuesday.ħ6ers: Play the first of back-to-back home games against Orlando on Monday.Memphis blew the game open by scoring eight straight points to open the fourth quarter. It was a tight game until the last half of the. Philadelphia was issued a third-quarter technical foul for only having four players on the floor. After a 7-2 preseason win in North Bay, Wednesday night, the Ottawa 67s will look to make it three straight. Embiid had missed the final game of Philadelphia's five-game trip in Sacramento last Saturday night. ![]() There were times in the third and fourth quarter where Murray appeared to try to stretch things out, but remained in to score 22 points.ħ6ers: For the second straight game, Embiid did start after being listed as a game-time decision with left foot soreness. Murray missed the game at Milwaukee on Wednesday night. Nuggets: Jamal Murray did start after being listed as questionable with a left hip sprain. Embiid then hit a 3-pointer to restore an eight-point lead. ![]() Tucker followed a Harden missed 3-pointer with a tip-in with over a minute left to stretch the lead to five. In the final quarter, Philadelphia wore down a Nuggets team playing the final game of a three-game, week-long trip. The hot shooting helped the Nuggets to a 73-58 lead at halftime.Įmbiid started to take over toward the end of the third quarter, putting together a 16-point quarter on 5-of-6 shooting that keyed a 14-0 run that allowed the Sixers to close within 99-98 early in the fourth. In the first half, they overwhelmed Philadelphia's perimeter defense, shooting 65.9% (29 for 44) from the floor and 10 of 17 (58.8%) from beyond the 3-point line. The Nuggets began the day with the second-best team field goal percentage at 50.7% and tops in 3-point percentage at 39.5%. Jamal Murray chipped in 22 points and Michael Porter added 20.Įmbiid has scored 40 or more points nine times this season and 35 times in his career. Jokic had 24 points, eight rebounds and nine assists for Denver, which has lost three of its last four games. James Harden had 17 points and 13 assists, and Tobias Harris scored all 14 of his points in the second half after being shut down by Denver's defense in the first half. Both are among the top candidates for MVP as this season hits the halfway mark. Jokic and Embiid have finished first and second in voting for the NBA's Most Valuable Player award over the last two seasons. PHILADELPHIA - Joel Embiid won the battle of MVP candidates with 47 points and 18 rebounds as the Philadelphia 76ers extended their winning streak to seven games with a 126-119 win over Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Saturday.
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