{"id":412289,"date":"2023-02-11T21:44:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T02:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=412289"},"modified":"2023-02-11T21:47:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T02:47:44","slug":"76ers-past-new-look-nets-harden-booed-in-hostile-return-to-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/76ers-past-new-look-nets-harden-booed-in-hostile-return-to-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers past new-look Nets, Harden booed in hostile return to Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Harden scored 29 points in a hostile return to Brooklyn as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers rallied down the stretch for a 101-98 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in New York&#8217;s Barclays Center on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">call it a comeback!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\ude99 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptocom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@cryptocom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yJDyJZ1QsB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/yJDyJZ1QsB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sixers\/status\/1624581243437256704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Harden getting booed every time he touched the ball after he was granted a trade from the Kevin Durant-less Nets to the Sixers last year.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Embiid had 37 points and hit a pair of go-ahead free throws with 5.2 seconds remaining. TheCameroon ace saved the Sixers from a third loss in four games with a key rebound after hitting two clutch jumpers during the team&#8217;s late go-ahead scoring run.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers outscored the Nets 16-4 over the final 7:43 and beat Brooklyn for the third time in as many meetings when Spencer Dinwiddie&#8217;s potentially game-tying 32-foot 3-point attempt was ruled on replay to be after the final buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris were also available for the Sixers, yet the Nets played to their newfound strengths, the chief of which comes as a byproduct of an influx of size in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Jacque Vaughn moved Ben Simmons and Royce O\u2019Neale to the bench.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets started all four newcomers alongside Nic Claxton: Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith, the pair who came to Brooklyn in the Irving trade to the Dallas Mavericks; and both Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, the \u201ctwins\u201d who arrived from Phoenix in the Durant deal.<\/p>\n<p>Bridges led the Nets with 23 points and six rebounds in his Nets debut. 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