Embiid puts up 33 points as Sixers top Spurs

Joel Embiid had 33 points and 14 rebounds and four assists as the Philadelphia 76ers topped the San Antonio Spurs, 137-125 on Friday night at the AT&T Center.

got the dub in San Antonio! 💪

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— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) February 4, 2023

“We had some good spurts, but we need to do it the whole game,” Embiid, fresh off being named to his sixth consecutive All-Star team, said. “Pretty good win, and we move on.

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“If we are as good as we think we are, tonight should have been a three-quarter game. That’s why we need to be locked in from the beginning and show that we have enough lead to make sure the starters don’t play the fourth.”

It was the Sixers’ ninth win in their last 10 games to push their record to 34-17.

Yet San Antonio, which lost its eighth consecutive game, hung around for much of the contest — and forced Sixers coach Doc Rivers to reinsert his starters after he had gone deep into his bench — because of their 58.4% field-goal shooting.

That largely kept up on a night when the Sixers connected on 52.9% of their shots, including 13-of-27 from three-point range.

The Sixers next play two consecutive road games, starting Sunday at the New York Knicks followed by Wednesday at the Boston Celtics.