SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A collection of 76ers raised their arms over their head in a combination of relief and joy as the final seconds ticked off.
After an inexplicable foul by Matisse Thybulle outside the arc with his team up three points with 2.2 seconds to play, the Kings’ Harrison Barnes stood at the free throw line. He missed the first attempt. He made the second. And after missing the third on purpose, Domantas Sabonis could not follow with the game-tying tip-in.
That dramatic sequence finished off the Sixers’ 129-127 win without Joel Embiid and James Harden Saturday night at the Golden1 Center. They completed a 5-0 road trip with one of their more impressive victories of the season.
