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Monstrous Giannis, Sixers at peak: the results
Giannis Antetokounmpo put in 44 in 28 minutes, dragging Milwaukee to victory over Houston. Third defeat in a row for Philadelphia, who falls at home with San Antonio despite Embiid’s 40 points. At 40 there are also Jayson Tatum and Paul George in the successes over Orlando (Banchero 23) and Sacramento (Fox 36), while Luka Doncic is ‘limited’ to put 32 with 10 assists in the large success of Dallas over Memphis. Below are all the results and highlights of the night
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS-SAN ANTONIO SPURS 105-114 | Third game and third defeat for the Sixers, who can’t even overtake the Spurs in back-to-back coming from Indianapolis. The surprise protagonist of the match is Doug McDermott, who scores 14 points all in the second half to respond to the partial with which Philadelphia had taken control of the game in the middle of the last quarter, one of the six players in double figures along with the 22nd Devin Vassell 21st Keldon Johnson
After the problems of the first two games, Joel Embiid imposes his superiority by closing a 40-point match (14/25 from the field, 12/15 to free) with 13 rebounds, to which are added the 25 by Tyrese Maxey and 15 by Tobias Harris. Ma James Harden stumbles upon an evening from 4/18 shooting for just 12 points, even with 9 rebounds and 12 assists, and the bench produces just 10 points against the 40 of that of the Spurs, exposing the defensive problems of the Sixers. “Communication in defense must improve, we are not marking well“stressed Embiid
ORLANDO MAGIC-BOSTON CELTICS 120-126 | Jayson Tatum and Derrick White combined for 12 points in a row in the fourth period and thus got rid of the Magic in a more complicated match than expected and won only in the last minutes of the game (10-2 the tear at 4 minutes from the end which resolved the situation). At the final siren there are 27 points for Derrick White (-2 from his career high), while Jaylen Brown argues with the game and ends with 4/16 shooting and 12 points on the scoresheet