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Philadelphia 76ers beat Toronto Raptors 123-112 without LeBron James as Tyrese Maxey scores 27
Tyrese Maxey had 27 points and 8 assists, Joel Embiid scored 20 and Anfernee Simons hit five threes as the 76ers came back from 17 down without LeBron James. RJ Barrett had a season-high 31 for Toronto.
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Tyrese Maxey scored 27 points with 8 assists, Joel Embiid added 20, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 123-112 at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Thursday, November 12, without LeBron James. Philadelphia improved to 10-3. Toronto lost its third game in a row and fell to 5-7.
James missed the game with a back injury. The Raptors were again without Kawhi Leonard (knee) and Scottie Barnes (groin), and they were playing the second night of a back-to-back after Wednesday’s 98-93 home loss to the Boston Celtics. Philadelphia was coming off a 123-101 home loss to Boston on Tuesday.
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Toronto’s fast start
The Raptors led 33-16 with two minutes left in the first quarter, their biggest lead of the night, as Immanuel Quickley scored 9 points in the opening six minutes. Embiid went to the floor after a collision with Quickley early in the quarter and left the game at the 8:30 mark, but he returned less than four minutes later. Philadelphia closed the quarter on an 8-0 run to trail 33-24.
The 76ers outscored Toronto 36-27 in the second quarter, and the game was tied 60-60 at halftime. There were 25 lead changes in all.
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Simons and the bench take over
RJ Barrett’s turnaround jumper tied it 85-85 with 2:33 left in the third quarter. Philadelphia scored 11 of the last 13 points of the period, with an Anfernee Simons three from Jaylen Brown’s pass and a Brown layup in the run, and led 96-87 going into the fourth.
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Jamison Battle’s three with 4:43 left got Toronto within 111-105. Simons answered with a three from Maxey’s pass, and the 76ers scored 10 of the next 13 points. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s three with 2:02 left made it 121-108, and Embiid’s jumper from Maxey made it 123-108, Philadelphia’s biggest lead.
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Around the box
Maxey went 8-of-13 from the field and 10-of-12 at the free throw line. Embiid shot 7-of-17 and made 6 of 7 free throws, Brown had 18 points and 6 rebounds, and VJ Edgecombe had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Simons scored 17 off the bench and made 5 of his 6 threes, and Caldwell-Pope added 11. Simons and Caldwell-Pope were a combined +43. The 76ers had 31 assists and scored 24 points off Toronto’s 12 turnovers.
Barrett had season highs of 31 points and 14 rebounds on 13-of-20 shooting. Quickley scored 26 with 6 assists, Collin Murray-Boyles had 14 points and 5 blocks, and Battle scored 13 off the bench. Attendance was 20,986.
What’s next
The 76ers host the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, November 15, at 1 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Cairo time). The Raptors host the New York Knicks on Sunday, November 15, at 6 p.m. ET (1 a.m. Monday Cairo time).
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