The Philadelphia 76ers were without their star big man, Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris. No matter, they were still able to defeat the Portland Trailblazers 113-103 at home at the Wells Fargo Center. The Sixers now improve to 5-2 on the season. The four-time All-Star Embiid missed the game due to rest. He is slated to return for Wednesday’s game at home against Chicago. Sixers Forward Tobias Harris missed the game due to health and safety protocols. Doc Rivers spoke on the Sixers win despite missing many of their star players.
“It was great,” 76ers coach Doc Rivers said. “I was joking with (Philadelphia co-owner) Michael Rubin. I said, ‘You only had 105 million (dollars) not in the game tonight.’ It was just a good team effort.”
“It was one of the games that I thought every single guy did something to help us win the game,” Rivers said.
Seth Curry led the way for the Sixers with 23 points on 10 of 17 shooting from the field. He hit three from behind the three-point stripe. Curry also grabbed six rebounds and dished out five assists.
Georges Niang scored 21 points, grabbed five rebounds, and dished out five assists. Niang played with big energy all night long. He even received some MVP chants from the Sixers home crowd. Niang spoke on his assertive mindset and what led him to have his big night.
“Obviously, sometimes shots are not going to go in,” Niang said. “But you still got to go out and be aggressive. So I definitely wanted to do that going into the second half. A couple of them fell. Sometimes you get lucky when some shots fall.”
More Sixers Contributions
- Furkan Korkmaz scored 15 points, grabbed two rebounds, and dished out five assists.
- Andre Drummond scored 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds.
- Danny Green scored 11 points and grabbed three rebounds.
- Tyrese Maxey scored 10 points and dished out seven assists.
- Georges Niang scored 21 points, grabbed five rebounds, and dished out five assists off of the bench.
The Sixers play again on Wednesday night at home against the Chicago Bulls. Tip-off is at 7 pm Eastern from the Wells Fargo Center.
