The Nets visited the Sixers for this clash of the night made in “rivalries”. After a breathtaking match, Philadelphia won 137-133.
For the stats sheet of this meeting, it’s here.
As always between Philadelphia and Brooklyn, it’s a match that can ignite and even more when Ben Simmons returns to the Wells Fargo Center. Whistled from start to finish by his former fans, the Australian was finally able to face Joel Embiid on a parquet floor (the Cameroonian was absent in the first match between the two teams). A reunion that animated the start of the match with several face-to-face meetings inside, to the delight of the supporters. This match did not take long to get carried away. Fire attacks, strong characters, spectacular actions, there was food and drink and everything you needed to spend a good evening.
BLOCKED BY NIC CLAXTON ????
Nets lead on ESPN! #NBARivalsWeek pic.twitter.com/MdRKh6Mxkc
— NBA (@NBA) January 26, 2023
If we really liked this meeting, it’s also because it breathed the atmosphere of the Playoffs. Two teams that respond well, trashtalking galore with Joel Embiid who takes the cabbage with Nic Claxton, and even a Kevin Durant who from home can not help but participate in the party.
Damn, I miss talking shit to Joel and montrez.
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 26, 2023
However, we thought for a moment that Philly was going to take advantage of the absence of KD to ask for a victory as a boss. The friends ofa boiling hot Tyrese Maxey (27 points at 6/9 from afar off the bench) counted up to 17 points ahead after returning from the locker room but the Nets never let go, gradually nibbling their delay until they came back up to par. What offer us a crazy money time with big shots on all sides and a Kyrie Irving (30 points, 10 passes) who imagined robbing the Wells Fargo Center with the help of Seth Curry and Nic Claxton, the two big satisfactions of the evening on the Nets side. He will not have missed much but the Sixers will have responded in the hot moments to finish the job, with a well-timed boss-sized James Harden (two huge award-winning shots in the final minutes), Tyrese Maxey who puts in the big shot needed and a perfect finish on the throw line like Joel Embiid (13/13 tonight). The Big 3 of Philly at the rendezvous.
The Sixers won at the end of the money time and locked their second place in the East a little more with this sixth victory in a row. Brooklyn makes the bad operation of the evening with the victory of Milwaukee against Denver and falls behind on the podium.