How the Sixers showed a lot of fight in a hostile environment, and other takeaways from a key 109-105 victory over the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center.
Joel Embiid showed fatigue late in the game, but scored 29 points in his second game back from left knee surgery.showed why they’re regarded as the NBA’s top pairing. And the Sixers must do a better job against the zone defense.was scratched in the face. Heat star Jimmy Butler was knocked to the court. And Embiid got tangled up with Miami center Bam Adebayo.“It was a team that’s super athletic and physical that we had them up against the ropes and kept on swinging,” coachsaid.
Maxey was great, finishing with game-highs of 37 points and 11 assists to go with nine rebounds. His two foul shots with 0.5 seconds left clinched the victory. Meanwhile, Embiid added 29 points, four rebounds, three assists, and one block in his second game back after left knee surgery. However, the reigning MVP missed his final seven shots and was minus-19 in 32 minutes, 40 seconds.“It was OK,” Nurse said of the pairing.
The problem was the Sixers’ role players didn’t do a good job of playing off Embiid and Maxey. And that started to hurt the team, until Oubre scored seven of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.They struggled to make wide-open shots whenever Miami switched to it.
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