![]() Brown had 23, but it wasn’t enough to top the Sixers from forcing OT. ![]() He ended the game with 24 after scoring just 2 in the first half. Tatum’s late first half floater seemed to wake him up on the offensive end, and he went for 13 in the third quarter but Embiid and Harden kept their cushion over the Celtics extending the lead out 16 midway through the third.Įmbiid went ice cold in the fourth quarter and so did t he Sixers who scored just 15 points and allowed the Celtics to take a five point lead with two minutes to go in the game as Tatum led the charge. He had 12 points in the first four minutes out of the quarter change and ended the half with 21 to keep the Sixers up by 9 heading into the second half. Harden, meanwhile, ignited in the second quarter while Embiid went to the bench for a brief rest. He had 12 in the first quarter and the Sixers led by eight as Jayson Tatum was shut down until the final minute of the first half when he scored his first bucket of the game. Jaylen Brown had Boston’s first 10 points of the day, and ended the quarter with 12 but Joel Embiid went toe-to-toe with the Celtics star.Įmbiid looks like he is getting more and more comfortable with the knee brace that seemed to affect his play when he returned from an LCL sprain in Game 2. Harden had as many FGs in the first quarter (2) as he did all of Game 3, but he wasn’t the one making headlines in the opening 12 minutes. He had hit just 5 of 28 FGs in Games 2 and 3, but made up for lost time in the overtime win that will silence many of the doubters. ![]() The former NBA MVP was bombarded by doubts after two sub par shooting games that raised questions about his coexistence with current MVP Joel Embiid since his return from injury. ![]() James Harden saved the day for the Sixers for a second time in the series, posting 42 points and again coming up with the game winning bucket late in OT. The Eastern Conference Semifinal is tied at a two games a piece after the Philadelphia 76ers survived an overtime battle with the Boston Celtics from Wells Fargo Center. ![]()
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