Daily News | Joel Embiid’s 53 points power Sixers to 131-113 win over Hornets
The 76ers faced Charlotte Hornets on Nov. 23 without Embiid, Harden and Tyrese Maxey. And the Hornets feasted in the paint in the Sixers’ loss.
Embiid finished with a game-high 53 points along with 12 rebounds and one block. Harden added 19 points, a game-high 16 assists and nine rebounds.Embiid missed the Sixers’ first game against the Hornets at the Spectrum Center with a sprained left foot. Harden was sidelined with a strained tendon in his right foot. And that was one of 11 games that Maxey has already missed with a fractured left foot.Without the trio, the Hornets scored 72 points in the paint and took a six-point victory.
Embiid, Iverson and Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain are the only Sixers to have multiple 50-point games in a season. The foul shots were the first of 15 straight points by Embiid to give the Sixers a 61-52 lead with 31.2 seconds before intermission. The 7-foot-2, 280-pounder scored three straight three-point plays during that stretch.Maxey was originally expected to miss three to four weeks when he suffered the injury against the Milwaukee Bucks on Nov. 18. Four weeks from the date of that injury is next weekend.Doc Rivers said Wednesday that Maxey was able to run, but not sprint.
“I’m totally serious,” the coach said. “I’m not joking. I mean right now, he’s done nothing competitive. He’s just running and jumping. I don’t even know if he’s jumping yet.
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