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76ers surprise NBA-best Cavaliers, hitting 21 3-pointers in 132–129 victory

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76ers surprise NBA-best Cavaliers, hitting 21 3-pointers in 132–129 victory

The Philadelphia 76ers and their fans could see what could have happened on Friday night.

No, the “great three” that the Sixers imagined taking this season to fight for a title of the Eastern Conference and a NBA championship were not together on the court.

But two of three were not bad against the Cleveland Cavaliers. (The late singer Meat Loaf I could have been proud.) In fact, it was enough for the Sixers to beat the team tied in the highest record of the NBA.

Paul George scored 30 points, being 6 of 11 in triples, and Tyrese Maxey added 29 with seven assists. Instead of Joel Embiid, it was for swelling in the left knee, Kelly Oubre Jr. played the third paper with 22 points and 13 rebounds, while Guerschon Yabusele scored 12 points with 13 rebounds, which led to a 132-129 victory In the Wells Fargo Center.

The cavs took an advantage of 28-23 with a triple by Sam Merrill with three minutes in the first quarter, but Philadelphia made a streak of 16-5 from there to finish the first quarter driven by Triple of Maxey, Eric Gordon and Justin Edwards.

In the second quarter, Cleveland scored six triples on his way to overcome Sixers 34-25 and enter at halftime with an advantage of 67-64. The score was closed, but would the cavaliers return strongly to impose itself in the second half, as they have done so many times this season?

With George and Oubre at the head, that did not happen. George scored 14 in the third quarter, while Oubre added nine and Filadelphia finished the third with an advantage of 98–96.

Despite a disappointing season so far, Sixers fans could feel that a victory was within reach and made noise during the last quarter, even when Cleveland took an advantage of 116-110 with six remaining six minutes with a triple of a triple of Ty Jerome. But Philadelphia recovered to score the next seven points, taking the lead with a triple of Gordon (who succeeded 4 of 4 from behind the arch).

From there, the Sixers did not lose the advantage and accumulated a margin of eight points with less than two minutes to the end. The Cavs approached one, 127-126, with another triple of Jerome, but Maxey ended the game with four free throws. Donovan Mitchell scored one more triple to give Cleveland the opportunity to tie or win, but Edwards’s free kick missing 1.1 seconds gave Philadelphia the victory.

Mitchell finished with 37 points and seven assists, while Jerome scored 33 from the bank for the CAVs, which fell to 36-8. Darius Garland added 26 points with seven other assists. But Evan Mobley lost his second consecutive game for a distension in the right calf and Jarrett Allen scored only eight despite an apparent mismatch against Yabusele.

The 76ers improved to 16-27, but they still have to climb to take into consideration with the 11th position at the Eastern Conference.

Both teams must play the second part consecutively on Saturday. Cleveland receives the Houston Rockets (29-14), while Philadelphia visits the Chicago Bulls (19-26, two games ahead of the Sixers).

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