The 76ers and fans of Philadelphia watched the possible situation on Friday night.
No, 76 people imagined the "three giants" who entered the Oriental Conference Championship this season, and the NBA championship did not fall on the floor together.
But two -thirds are pretty good in the Cleveland Cavaliers. (The late singer's meat and bread may be proud.) In fact, the 76ers' record of defeating the team tied for the NBA is enough.
Paul George scored 30 points, and the lamp rate at 3s was 11, while Tyrese Maxey increased by 29 points with 7 assists. Kelly Oubre Jr. instead of Joel Embiid (Joel Embiid), and his left knee swollen, he played the third role with 22 points and 13 rebounds, while Guerschon Yabusele was 13 with 13 The rebound scored 12 points and won 132-129 in the Wells Fargo Center.
In the case of three minutes left in the first quarter, the Cavaliers led 28-23 on Sam Merrill's three-pointer, but Philadelphia played a 16-5 game from there, ending Max ( Maxey, Eric Gordon and 3 seconds of opening framework. Justin Edwardz.
In the second quarter, Cleveland hit a 67-25-leading game with a score of 34-25 for six 3 seconds. The score is very close, but the Cavaliers will growl in the second half to blow them back, because they often have this season?
With the lead of George and Ober, this did not happen. George scored 14 in the third quarter, while Obul increased the third place with the leading advantage of 98-96.
Although there is a disappointing season so far, the 76ers fans may feel victory, and loudly in the entire fourth quarter. Even if Cleveland has a leading advantage of 116-110, there are six minutes left. Tyjerom three points. However, Philadelphia rally scored in the next seven points, and Gordon led 3 points (4 of 4 shots from the arc).
From there, the 76ers did not give up the leading advantage and established eight points in less than two minutes. The Cavaliers reached 127-126 in the other three games of Jerome, but Maxey eliminated the game with four free throws. Donovan Mitchell played three more times, bringing Cleveland a chance to win, but Edwards's free throws were left for 1.1 seconds, which gave Philadelphia a victory.
Mitchell scored 37 points and 7 assists, and Jerome scored 33 points on the bench of the Caval (Cavs), the latter fell to 36-8. Darius Garland increased by 26 points by 7 assists. But Evan MoBLEY missed his second game due to the fatigue of his right leg. Although it is obviously not matched with Yabusele, Jorite Jarrett Allen is only scored eight.
The 76ers have been raised to 16-27, but they still have to climb to ranks 11th in the Eastern Union.
Both teams must be the second part of the back game on Saturday. Cleveland received the Houston Rockets (29-14), and Philadelphia visited the Chicago Bulls (19-26, two games ahead of 76).