PHILADELPHIA — Meek Mill crashed a 76ers press convention and gave a shoutout to his favourite crew. The rapper capped his impromptu remarks with “good win!”
The 76ers received it even with Joel Embiid having an off evening by his personal MVP-type requirements.
Embiid had 26 factors and 9 rebounds, main Philadelphia to a 105-87 victory over a Los Angeles Lakers crew enjoying with out LeBron James on Thursday evening.
“I used to be not superb tonight, so I used to be glad my teammates had been capable of choose me up,” Embiid stated.
He nonetheless had a fairly good recreation. That is what counts today as a subpar recreation for Embiid: He missed all 5 3-pointers and was solely 8 of 13 from the free throw line. He was 9 of 20 from the ground.
“He’s doing every part for us on and off the ground,” coach Doc Rivers stated.
At the very least he had teammates to select up the slack. Tobias Harris scored 23 factors and Ty Maxey had 14 factors and 10 assists.
Anthony Davis scored 31 factors and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Lakers.
The 37-year-old James is everyday with a sore left knee. James is second within the league in scoring at 29.1 factors per recreation, on tempo for his highest common for the reason that 2009-10 season, and has scored no less than 25 factors in 18 straight video games.
“He’s an enormous a part of what we’re making an attempt to do,” Davis stated. “It sucks not having him nevertheless it provides us an opportunity to see what we've got with out him. We undoubtedly wish to make the most of these moments.”
With James absent, Davis stored the Lakers aggressive in his second recreation again after lacking 17 with a sprained left knee. He damage his proper wrist on a fall within the first half and wanted a fast journey to the locker room for an X-ray and to get taped up.
If the wrist bothered him, it positive didn’t present.
“Little sore,” Davis stated.
Davis went of 10 of 13 within the first half — the Lakers made 20 buckets — for 23 factors. He even blocked Embiid’s jumper, then got here proper down and hit one over the All-Star middle. And Davis drew a foul towards Embiid on the play.
Davis, although, can’t carry the Lakers alone and the Lakers appeared misplaced at occasions with out him. Russell Westbrook turned the ball over late within the first half when his cross to seemingly no one went out of bounds. He slammed a roll of tape left on the stanchion with TV tools.
Davis dunked late within the third to maintain the Lakers inside 9, then had a twisting block on the baseline of one other Embiid shot.
“It’s all the time enjoyable enjoying towards one other nice large,” Davis stated. “He’s been on a tear. Placing the crew on his again. We knew it was going to be a tricky matchup getting into.”
Davis did his half to neutralize Embiid.
Not many others have come shut.
Embiid, the primary Sixer voted a starter in no less than 5 straight All-Star Video games since Corridor of Famer Allen Iverson, had his streak of 4 video games with no less than 35 factors and 10 rebounds finish. Embiid and Davis are two of solely 4 gamers to hit these marks for the reason that 1976-77 merger.
“I like to attain the ball,” Embiid stated. “I've a score-first mentality. In the event that they’re double- or triple-teaming, I’m going to make the appropriate play.”
The sturdiness points which have pockmarked his profession had been put to relaxation this season: Embiid performed in his twentieth straight recreation.
“His conditioning, final 12 months, once I got here in, we challenged him and he took it,” Rivers stated. “This 12 months, we challenged him much more and he’s taking it up.”
Carmelo Anthony had enjoyable yapping with courtside Sixers followers a lot of the recreation, till some crossed a line.
Anthony stated “some issues had been stated, had been unacceptable.” He indicated they had been racially charged. Anthony stated the feedback “crossed sure strains” and hoped the scenario can be addressed by the Sixers group.
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