Balanced-scoring 76ers demolish Magic

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Shake Milton finished with 29 points, seven assists and five rebounds

Playing a fourth consecutive game without their top three scorers, the Philadelphia 76ers routed the Orlando Magic 133-103 on Sunday night.

Shake Milton finished with 29 points, seven assists and five rebounds, and Tobias Harris added 25 points for Philadelphia, who also beat the Magic 107-99 on Friday night.

76ers coach Doc Rivers said he was impressed with his team’s resilience in the absence of Embiid (mid-foot strain), Maxey (fractured foot) and James Harden (strained right foot tendon).

“When you lose James Harden, Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid and you win three out of four, that tells you a team is connected and can be a really good team,” he said.

“All we’ve been doing is keeping the ship running,” House said. “It’s just us playing in the flow of the game. If anything, I would say the fans would be more shocked because they haven’t seen that type of lineup and rotation.”

Danuel House Jr. had 19 points, and fellow reserve Paul Reed had 12 points and 13 rebounds.

Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 18 points and Franz Wagner scored 17 for the Magic, who lost their fourth straight.