The Sixers pulled out a frenetic victory Wednesday night, extending their winning streak to six games with a 137-133 decision over the Nets at Wells Fargo Center. NoahLevick of NBCSPhilly has the recap:
Seth Curry and Kyrie Irving were the Nets' top scorers. Nic Claxton had 25 points on 11-for-12 shooting and 11 boards.
The Sixers continued to like the look of that matchup. Fouls became an early concern for Brooklyn, too. Embiid sealed Simmons in the paint and drew a foul on him at the 9:07 mark of the first quarter. Brooklyn head coach Jacques Vaughn voiced displeasure at his team being called for the night’s first four fouls and was assessed a technical.
Officiating was often in the spotlight during a physical, strange, high-scoring first period. The Sixers made all 13 of their first-quarter free throws, while the Nets went 9 for 12. Harden got an odd, harsh technical when he tossed the ball into the basket stanchion following a made Nic Claxton foul shot. Embiid and Claxton didn’t appear to begin the evening on especially friendly terms and both picked up technical fouls late in the first.
Matisse Thybulle gave the Sixers some good possessions against Irving and hit a wide-open three-pointer. While his natural, gamble-heavy style doesn’t lend itself to flawless basketball, the idea of Thybulle as a player who could help in the playoffs rests on him playing disruptive and generally high-level defense against opposing stars. He checked that box Wednesday while chipping in 10 points in his 12 minutes.The Sixers had an unfocused start to the third quarter.
They made plenty of tough ones as well. Harden grew the Sixers’ advantage to 15 points when he sized up Claxton and drilled a contested step-back jumper. Embiid pulled out his emphatic, hip-thrusting,Simmons increased his offensive aggression in the third quarter, making a righty hook and two free throws. Before Wednesday, Simmons had gone 23 for 53 at the foul line this season. He went 2 for 3 in the game and sat out the final 8:57.
While that moment likely felt like a personal win for Niang, the Nets kept on scoring at a high rate and trimmed the Sixers’ lead to six points on a Markieff Morris jumper over Harden. Tobias Harris alleviated the momentary concern by recording five straight points against Yuta Watanabe and Maxey sunk a three … but Brooklyn then responded with an 8-0 run of its own. Stops were generally sparse for both teams.
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