Daily News | Joel Embiid scores 33 points as Sixers top Spurs to begin road swing
SAN ANTONIO — James Harden practically pushed Joel Embiid off the floor and to the 76ers’ bench after the big man had fallen to the floor attempting to save an offensive rebound and his team up by a comfortable margin in the waning minutes.
The Sixers initially created distance in the second quarter, when they exploded for 47 points and led by as many as 17.scored 11 of his points during the period’s final six minutes, including a one-handed alley-oop finish off a high-arcing pass from James Harden. Rivers also went with an all-bench look in the second half, with repeat success. Bench players scored every point in the Sixers’ spurt to end the third quarter.
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