Joel Embiid and James Harden failed the New York Knicks in a 119-112 Philadelphia 76ers win at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
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Embiid finished the game with 35 points. His teammate James Harden also looked very comfortable playing on Christmas Day finishing with 29 points and 13 assists.
The New Yorkers had however taken a good rhythm, from the start of the game, taking a lead of fifteen points at the end of the first quarter. They led most of the game, escaping the lead only twice. At the end of the game, however, the Knicks had some difficulty in realizing their opportunities. It was enough for the formation of the State of Pennsylvania who took advantage of this lack of opportunism to take the lead for good in the middle of the fourth quarter. Visitors never looked back again.
Julius Randle had a strong game finishing with 35 points, but it wasn’t enough.
LeBron James powerless against the Mavericks
Despite a 38-point performance from LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers lost 124-115 to the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center
The second best collection of points of the season of the leader of the Californian formation will not have been sufficient. Casually, the visitors led until the middle of the third quarter. However, they came up against a collective that had the upper hand. In the formation of Texas, Luka Doncic, Christian Wood, Tim Hardaway son respectively finished with a harvest of 32, 30 and 26 points,
The teammate with the most points after James only got 17 points.
The home side got 18 shots from downtown to just nine for the visitors, a stat that made the difference at the end of the match.
