Daily News | Inside Sixers: James Harden’s dazzling post-shootaround session, Paul Reed’s pep talk and more
Joel Embiid finished with 39 points, including the game-winning bucket, in the Sixers' win over the Portland Trail Blazers, their fourth straight win.Joel Embiid pulled his jersey out of his shorts, pumped his arm and hollered, celebrating his game-winning turnaround fadeaway jumper to clinchHis team trailed the Portland Trail Blazers by as many as 21 points Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center, and led solely for the 1.5 seconds that mattered.
“Had enough space to really get wherever I wanted,” Embiid said from his locker, feet in the ice bucket."… That’s a perfect spot, honestly.” have won four games in a row and 10 out of their past 13, beginning a challenging stretch run to the regular season in impressive fashion. They enter Saturday 1½ games behind the Boston Celtics for second place in the Eastern Conference standings.
Yet this particular session was a clinic. Harden splashed multiple deep, contested three-pointers with a flick of the wrist and off one foot.That wild shot-making did not specifically carry over to that night’s, when Harden went 3-of-11 from the floor. But the dazzling post-shootaround work was a precursor to a historic performance. Harden’s 20 assists made him the first player in Sixers history to record that total in at least two games in a single season.
“It’s big,” Reed said of Maxey’s encouragement. “It just shows that he cares. … I pick him up when he’s down. He picks me up when I’m down. It’s kind of like a brotherhood.”When asked about Timberwolves young All-Star Anthony Edwards, Rivers could draw on a random personal encounter.
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