The Sixers were very shaky down the stretch but escaped Friday night with a chaotic 133-122 overtime win against the Lakers at Wells Fargo Center.
The Sixers were missing Tyrese Maxey , Georges Niang and Danuel House Jr. . For the Lakers, Juan Toscano-Anderson and Wenyen Gabriel were out with injuries.
Less than four minutes into the game, Davis picked up his second foul when he poked at the ball on an Embiid post-up. Lakers head coach Darvin Ham kept him in and paid for that gamble. Davis was whistled for grabbing P.J. Tucker off the ball with 4:51 left in the first quarter. Naturally, once Embiid came back in, he bailed out another rough possession against the zone with a long wing three. He was tough for the Lakers to handle as an offensive rebounder, too. Still, for a few more minutes, almost everything besides Embiid was ineffective for the Sixers against the zone. Most possessions lingered until late in the shot clock without the Lakers’ defense needing to meaningfully rotate.
Melton sunk with looked like a fitting dagger, but he then committed two turnovers that sustained the Lakers' life. After a Reaves three, Melton split two free throws to put the Sixers up 120-117. From there, the Sixers were somehow even shakier.
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