By Adry Torres
Tyrese Maxey scored 22 factors, Jared McCain had 20 off the bench and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-103 on Friday evening in an NBA Cup recreation.
Quentin Grimes added 19 factors, and Paul George had 14 to assist the short-handed 76ers snap a two-game shedding streak.
The 76ers performed with out beginning middle Joel Embiid (proper knee administration) and VJ Edgecombe (left calf tightness), after which misplaced backup middle Andre Drummond (sprained proper knee) halfway by the second quarter.
Drummond tried to dam Tyrese Martin’s floater after which tried to seize the rebound together with his left hand, however fell on the courtroom and instantly reached for his knee.
Egor Demin scored a career-high 23 factors, and Tyrese Martin had 16 for Brooklyn. The Nets have misplaced three consecutive video games and fell to 0-9 at residence this season. They’re the one staff and not using a residence win this season, with their final one at Barclays Heart on April 8 in opposition to New Orleans.
The 76ers led by 1 factors within the first half and noticed their lead minimize to 9 after Brooklyn went on an 11-2 run, capped by Denim’s 3-pointer that made it 74-65 with 4:07 left within the third quarter.
Denim minimize it to 9 once more with a 3-pointer with 4:35 to play. Demin’s layup made it 112-103 with 1:13 left in regulation earlier than Grimes discovered an open Adem Bona, whose 3-pointer prolonged the lead for good.
Each groups have been 1-3 in NBA Cup play.
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76ers: Host Atlanta on Sunday evening.
Nets: At Milwaukee on Saturday evening.
