#CURRENT SIXERS SCORE SERIES#
The lead jumped out to 27 heading into the final 12 minutes as Brown headed to the bench with the rest of the starters for the fourth quarter.īrown led all scorers with 25 points in the Game 2 win, as the Boston Celtics tied the series up before hitting the road. He finished the game with 15 points but wasn’t much of a factor on the boards or the defensive end.īoston was up eight at half, but nine straight points from Brown stretched the lead out to a distance that would be insurmountable for the Sixers who looked worn out after a grueling win on Monday night.īrown’s run and the Derrick White’s spurts were enough to bury Philly before the fourth quarter even started. Embiid looked good, but not great in his first game in nearly two weeks. Harden had just 12 points a game after tying a playoff career high 45 points in the opener. He had 13 of his 15 points in the first half as the Sixers struggled to find the offensive rhythm they had in Game 1 when James Harden went wild. In doing so, the 76ers also managed to avoid setting a new NBA record of most losses to begin a season. Jaylen Brown jumped Boston off the block early on with 13 first quarter points, and in the absence of Tatum who was in foul trouble in the second quarter, it was Marcus Smart stepping up early on. On December 1, the 76ers beat the Lakers at home by a score of 10391, but not before setting a league record 28 consecutive losses dating to the 201415 season. Brown starts hot for second straight game
That should have meant the Sixers had a great chance of winning Game 2, but that was far from the case. On a night where the newly crowned MVP returned to action, and Boston’s superstar scorer, Jayson Tatum was held to just one field goal and 7 total points. After dropping the series opener to a Joel Embiid-less Sixers team, Boston was going to have to even up the series before going to Philly for the next two games.Įmbiid missed Game 1, in the two days leading up to Wednesday’s game he won the MVP and was given the green light to return after missing 13 days with a sprained LCL he suffered in Game 3 of the first round series against the Nets. It was as close as it comes to being a must win game, without being a must win game for the Celtics and Jaylen Brown and company responded. Jalen Brown led all scorers with 25 points in the 121-87 victory in Game 2. The Boston Celtics evened up the Eastern Conference Semifinal with a blowout win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night from TD Garden.
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