ORLANDO, Fla. – As expected, the ball was in James Harden’s hands as the overtime clock wound down. And then, as expected, Joel Embiid’s. Then it found Tobias Harris in the corner, where the oft-maligned 76er let it fly.
That go-ahead long ball with 31.7 seconds remaining in overtime ultimately proved to be the game-winner Sunday night, lifting the Sixers to a 116-114 squeaker at the Amway Center.
This should have been a prime opportunity for a get-right game for the Sixers after getting blasted by 29 points by the Brooklyn Nets in an emotionally charged Thursday night game at the Wells Fargo Center. Instead, the Sixers again sputtered out of the gate against an Eastern Conference bottom-dweller, clawed back from 17 points down to tie the game about midway through the third quarter and then needed an extra five minutes to head home with the victory.
