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Joel Embiid puts back pain aside to get Sixers ‘needed' OT win
BOX SCORE MINNEAPOLIS — Joel Embiid’s presence was arguably the biggest factor in the Sixers’ snapping their four-game losing streak on Tuesday. The center was especially key in the final two minutes of regulation and in overtime, as the 76ers defeated the Timberwolves, 118-112 (see observations). Embiid assisted on Ben Simmons’ go-ahead dunk with 1:17 remaining in regulation and hit the…
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Sixers-Timberwolves observations: Salvaging the road trip
BOX SCORE MINNEAPOLIS — Joel Embiid scored 28 in his return, and JJ Redick added 26 points as the 76ers defeated Minnesota, 118-112, in overtime on Tuesday. Embiid, who missed the Sixers’ last two games with back tightness, tied the game with a pair of free throws with 14 seconds remaining in regulation. He finished the night 11 for 12…
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Sixers Notes: Brown unsure if Embiid will play Saturday vs. Suns
MINNEAPOLIS — Brett Brown did not say following the Sixers’ 110-86 loss to Minnesota on Thursday whether rookie center Joel Embiid would play Saturday against the Phoenix Suns. “It is so fluid that we don’t (know) yet,” the head coach said. “It’s part of our landscape, like you hear it all the time from us and me. It’s part of our...
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Sixers blasted by Timberwolves in front of national TV audience
BOX SCORE MINNEAPOLIS — Sixers head coach Brett Brown said the Timberwolves are “a lot further ahead” of his team “for all the obvious reasons.” The key reason: A continuity his stars are just starting to develop. Minnesota’s top three young players, Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine, have played a combined 436 career games. The Sixers’ top three young…
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Instant Replay: Timberwolves 110, Sixers 86
BOX SCORE MINNEAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns got the best of Joel Embiid in the first matchup between two of the NBA’s preeminent young big men, as the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the 76ers, 110-86. Towns scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves (4-7) for his sixth double-double of the season. The reigning Rookie of the Year faced Ersan Ilyasova…
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Flyers snap 5-game road losing skid with OT win over Wild
BOX SCORE ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Flyers like their chances in three-on-three overtime, defenseman Michael Del Zotto said, given they have multiple goal scorers on the roster. On Thursday, it was Del Zotto who scored the game-winner, thanks in part to crisp passing by Jakub Voracek and Claude Giroux. Del Zotto buried his second goal of the game with…
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Instant Replay: Flyers 4, Wild 3 (OT)
BOX SCORE St. Paul, Minn. — Michael Del Zotto scored the game-winning goal with 37 seconds remaining, as the Flyers defeated the Wild, 4-3, at the Xcel Energy Center. Del Zotto scored twice and Sean Couturier and Ryan White added goals, as the Flyers (17-15-7) won their second straight and snapped a five-game road winless streak. Couturier scored his fifth in…
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Jordan Weal will not make Flyers debut Thursday vs. Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol said forward Jordan Weal will not make his debut tonight against the Minnesota Wild (see game notes). “I haven’t watched him play a whole lot, but we’ll learn a lot more in the next couple days and in the next couple weeks,” the first-year coach said, adding he expects the...