“Everybody that stepped on the court for us was a fighter and we came out on top.” TIP-INSħ6ers: De’Anthony Melton had 17 first-half points, making each of his five 3-point attempts. Brown started 6 for 6 from the field for a Boston team that thrived without Embiid protecting the rim, going on an 11-0 run at one point.īoston shot 74% for the half but took only a 66-63 lead into halftime after the 76ers went 11 for 19 (55%) from the 3-point line. Harden led the attack early for Philadelphia, hitting his first five attempts, including two 3s. The 76ers made eight of their first 10 attempts, spacing the floor and spreading out Boston’s defense. The Sixers steadied themselves somewhat – creaky Harden surprised everyone with a rare, thunderous dunk – and the Sixers had life down only 50-43 at the break.The Celtics attacked the paint, connecting on 13 of their first 14 shots. Embiid and Harris started 1 of 7 and Harden 2 of 8 and yet, the deficit could have been much worse. The Celtics led 40-26 because – in part because of three threes from Malcolm Brogdon – but an ineffective half from Embiid, James Harden and Tobias Harris. The Celtics took a fast 15-3 lead and that silenced the crowd and discombobulated the Sixers. Just like Game 3 when the Sixers squandered the momentum off Embiid’s MVP ceremony, the 76ers again failed to keep a packed house as rocking as they were at tipoff. Tatum finished with 19 points on just 5-for-21 shooting but the final stat line mattered little after he keyed the 14-3 run that kept the Celtics’ conference repeat hopes alive under rookie head coach Joe Mazzulla. Whatever the cause of his shooting ails, he found the cure in the final 12 minutes and the East champs still have life. Tatum has said he may need surgery on his left wrist in the offseason in the wake of a hard fall. Tatum missed all 10 shots, including five three-point attempts, in the first half half as the Celtics led by seven. The Celtics’ Jayson Tatum gestures after scoring during the second half of Thursday’s Game 6 win over the 76ers. Tatum instead stuck it to the 76ers with one final three-point dagger for a 95-84 lead.Īfter Embiid’s pull-up jumper tied the game 81-all, the 76ers didn’t make a bucket over the final 6:13 of the game. While the 76ers never got that far ahead, this is their second loss at home in the series and they seemingly had seized momentum in the fourth quarter. Tatum buried one three for the 84-83 lead and a second that made it 87-83 and put the Celtics in firm control of Game 6.Įmbiid and Tyrese Maxey each scored 26 points for the 76ers.ħ6ers coach Doc Rivers has blown three 3-1 series leads over his playoff career. Tyrese Maxey hit two free throws with 5:25 left for an 83-81 edge. With a shot at their first conference final since 2001 at stake, the Sixers slogged through the first half before Joel Embiid flashed his MVP form and rallied the Sixers to a fourth-quarter lead. He missed 14 of his first 15 shots overall from the floor and his ineffectiveness was a key reason the Celtics couldn’t hold a 16-point lead. Tatum, who averaged 30.1 points in the regular season, never stopped shooting even as the misses kept coming. Boston trailed 3-2 last season in the second round against Milwaukee before it won Game 6 on the road and the clincher at home. The defending conference champs are in familiar territory. Jayson Tatum missed his first six three-pointers before he drilled two straight clutch ones late in the game that pushed the Celtics past the Philadelphia 76ers 95-86 on Thursday night to send the Eastern Conference semi-finals back to Boston for Game 7. The home team won the first five games of the series until the Nuggets broke through in Game 6. But the three-time All-Star finished with just 12 points on Thursday. Suns guard Devin Booker was brilliant in most of the postseason, averaging 36 points per game on 60% before Game 6. The 34-year-old had some good moments in the playoffs, but made just 1 of his first 10 shots on Thursday as the Suns fell into a huge hole. Phoenix were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals at home for a second straight season despite a blockbuster trade deadline deal for Durant, a 13-time All-Star and one of the game’s most prolific scorers. Ayton sustained a rib contusion in Tuesday’s Game 5 while Paul has been out the past four games with a strained left groin. The Suns were playing without injured starters Deandre Ayton and Chris Paul. Nikola Jokic scored 32 points in another triple-double in Thursday night’s series clincher.
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