VJ Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey came up with the big plays down the stretch in the Philadelphia 76ers’ 99-98 home win against the undermanned Golden State Warriors on Thursday evening.
With the Philadelphia 76ers down by one point, Edgecombe had a huge steal with 8.2 seconds left before scoring the putback off of Maxey’s missed jumper to give his team the lead. After that, the Golden State Warriors tried to break away for a layup, but Maxey blocked De’Anthony Melton’s final attempt.
“We know he can score, we know he can pass, but he does things that don’t show up in the box score all the time,” Maxey said of Edgecombe via Ky Carlin of the Sixers Wire. “He made a hell of a play. For him to be able to go out there and track the ball, and tip it in like that? That was a great play.”
“The block was amazing,” Joel Embiid said of Maxey. “I almost forgot where we actually made the game-winning layup. I had to ask after. I was like, ‘Wait, who made a game-winning layup?’ That’s how good the block was. But obviously, you don’t get the block unless someone makes a play.”
Philadelphia 76ers News: Joel Embiid continues to ramp up his conditioning
Joel Embiid wasn’t on the floor toward the end of last night’s win after hitting his 25-minute restriction. The former league MVP contributed 12 points, six rebounds, and three assists on 5-for-13 shooting from the field. After the game, he discussed how he’s working his way back to 100 percent fitness.
“I just think after last game I sat too long, and I think that’s happened in the past, earlier in the season, sitting too long and coming back in the fourth,” Embiid explained via ESPN’s Tim Bontemps.
“Until I’m able to bump that up or they’ll allow me to play more, I think I just got to not sit too long, just play basketball and that’s also the best way to get in a rhythm because obviously, being in and out and obviously not playing back-to-backs and playing, basically playing every two days, that’s how you get in rhythm,” he added.
