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Posted on: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 – 10:46 AM | Last update: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 – 10:46 am
Philadelphia discountيThe Fenty Sixers will face their guest, Miami Heat, the leader of the Eastern Province, 113-106, on Monday in the NBA, despite the absence of their Cameroonian stars, Joel Embiid and newcomer James Harden..
In the absence of Embiid due to back pain and Harden due to a thigh muscle injury, Tyrese Maxi stood out by scoring 13 of his 28 points in the last quarter, including nine in a row during a crucial stage of the match.
Shayk Melton and Turkish Furkan Korkmaz also played a key role in this victory, following the first scored 20 points and the second 18, putting their team two and a half games away from the Heat in their struggle for leadership of the Eastern Province.
After the forty-fourth victory of his team, coming from a defeat once morest the Toronto Raptors, Maxi revealed that Embiid told his teammates before the start, “You must enter there (the stadium) to win. I replied, ‘The message has arrived’.”
Indeed, the message reached Maxi clearly, as he took charge in the last two and a half minutes of the meeting, which was very close from the start.
The Sixers were only two points ahead when Maxi ran into the basket and scored two points for his team with another from the free-throw line following also eliciting a foul, to put the hosts in front 106-101 with 2.18 minutes left.
After Jimmy Butler failed in an attempt to heat from outside the arc, Maxi managed to score a hat-trick that put his team ahead 109-101, then following Kyle Lowry and Tyler Hero failed in two attempts for the visitors, the player in his second season in the league added another hat-trick to make the score 112-101 1.03 minutes before the end.
Coach Doc Rivers praised his player, who “doesn’t know the meaning of fear. He’s very relaxed at the moment. He worked hard and the more you worked, the more confident you became. I think that’s the same for Tyrese Maxi.”
And things did not end there for the 21-year-old. After the Heat snatched the ball from his host, Maxi shot like an arrow to block Caleb Martin’s attempt in the last 21 seconds of the meeting, during which he emerged in the ranks of the guests Butler (27 points), Pam Adebayo (22) and Laurie (20) without being able to spare their team its fifth defeat only in the last 20 matches.
Despite the absence of Kyrie Irving to prevent him from participating in home matches for not receiving the anti-Coronavirus vaccine, and Andre Drummond and Australian Ben Simmons for an injury that also prevented Seth Corey from running in the second half, the Brooklyn Nets achieved their sixth victory in the last seven games and came at the expense of its guest, Utah Jazz 114 – 106 thanks to the efforts of Kevin Durant, who scored 37 points with 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
In other matches, “King” LeBron James made a successful return to his hometown of Ohio and led the Los Angeles Lakers to beat his former team Cleveland Cavaliers 131-120 by achieving three double numbers, “Triple Double”, following scoring 38 points with 11 rebounds and 12 assists.
Chicago Bulls beat Toronto Raptors 113-99, Houston Rockets beat Washington Wizards 115-97, Boston Celtics beat Oklahoma City Thunder 132-123, Dallas Mavericks beat Minnesota Timberwolves 110-108, Portland Trail Blazers beat Detroit Pistons 119-115, Charlotte Hornets On the New Orleans Pelicans 106-103.
