The Sixers held on to a lead as high as 28 points Wednesday night and took a 118-112 win over the Cavs in their final game before the All-Star break. NoahLevick of NBCSPhilly has the recap:
Harris features in torrid startOther than getting beaten to two rebounds by Mitchell, Harris had a solid start defensively. He also knocked down his first two catch-and-shoot three-pointers. Heading into the game, Harris had made just 28.6 percent of his threes over his last 25 contests.
Cleveland did not swarm Embiid with immediate double teams, so Embiid initially adopted a relatively unselfish, deliberate approach. The results were mixed. Given more time than usual to read the defense, he sometimes threw unnecessarily tricky passes. He also seemed to occasionally try to anticipate openings that either didn’t exist or weren’t available exactly when he expected. Still, the broad, basic aim of beating double teams by finding whichever teammate is open makes sense.
Three-pointers from Maxey and Shake Milton helped the Sixers restore a 22-point lead early in the fourth quarter. However, the Cavs did not go away and the Sixers aided them with turnovers and fouls. Mitchell blew by McDaniels and made an and-one layup, Mobley slammed in an and-one dunk, and the Sixers led by a mere 10 points when Rivers called timeout with 7:24 remaining.
The Cavs coming all the way back was always very improbable; the Sixers eventually got a couple of the misses they required to close it out.Danny Green got warm applause from the home crowd when he checked into the game in the middle of the second quarter.
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