Sixers win! Led by James Harden and Joel Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers once again defended home court and beat the Heat 116-108 on Sunday. The series is now tied 2-2.
Embiid back in business offensivelyThat meant searching for the right angles to capitalize on Miami’s switching and fronting, as well as manipulating the Heat so help defenders were momentarily out of the picture. Harden pulled it off on two pretty high-low passes, and Tobias Harris also fed Embiid for an easy first-quarter bucket.
Wearing a mask to protect his right orbital fracture and playing on a torn ligament in his right thumb, Embiid of course won’t be his best physically anytime soon. The start of Game 4 was at least an encouraging indication that he can still dominate games on both ends.Even before Harden was called for his second foul on a charge with 3:05 to go in the first, Shake Milton remained inFurkan Korkmaz didn’t play Sunday.
Those jumpers were momentum-turners. Harden briefly got into a groove, sinking a step-back three over Butler to extend the Sixers’ lead to 56-46. The Sixers then weathered a mini-Butler flurry to enter halftime up eight despite zero second-quarter points from their star big man.A Green entanglement with former teammate Kyle Lowry forced the 34-year-old to exit early in the third quarter with four fouls. Niang entered.
As the numerous notes about fouls above suggest, the game’s physicality escalated in the third quarter and no one on either team appeared pleased with the officiating besides the player shooting free throws. Adebayo, P.J. Tucker and Max Strus all were assessed their fourth fouls in the third. Philadelphia native Markieff Morris played his first postseason minutes as Miami preferred the veteran forward over rookie center Omer Yurtseven.
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