![]() ![]() “Clearly, he wasn’t the same after that as far as his movement,” coach Doc Rivers said. Embiid returned and threw his hands in the air in celebration when he buried a shot that gave the Sixers a 10-point lead.Įmbiid said James’ foul should have been a flagrant 2 - an automatic ejection. ![]() ![]() He sat alone on a cool-down seat behind the basket for nearly the first 5 minutes of the fourth quarter. After a short video review, James was hit with a flagrant 1 - “unnecessary contact committed by a player against an opponent” - and Embiid sank both free throws.Įmbiid was quickly hit with his own flagrant when his elbow connected with Davis’ face on a drive to bucket.Įmbiid has a history of back issues and sat out Monday’s loss at Detroit with back tightness. Embiid crashed hard on his tailbone, immediately grabbed his back and writhed on the court in pain as James simply looked down and walked past him. “It didn’t go our way but I loved our fight,” James said.Įmbiid, the All-Star center off to the best start of his career, drove down the baseline for an attempted right-handed dunk when James pushed him in flight. Embiid had 28 and Ben Simmons had 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Harris - who campaigned for an All-Star nod - saved the Sixers on a shot over Alex Caruso. James hit Anthony Davis for the go-ahead basket with 11.2 seconds to go for a 106-105 lead and cap that run. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit a 3-pointer with 1:05 left that pulled the Lakers to 105-104. “For us, we wanted to go against the champs. “Some people think we haven’t played anybody,” Harris said. The 76ers lead the East at 13-6 and the Lakers are 14-5 in the West. The James-Embiid flagrant took center stage in a game between teams that entered with the best records in their conferences. Harris swished a jumper with 3 seconds left, ending the Lakers’ 13-0 run and sending Philadelphia to a 107-106 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night. James stuck around - long enough to watch Tobias Harris stick it to the Lakers. “I guarantee if that was me I would have probably been ejected from the game.” “That’s a very dangerous play,” Embiid said. James’ push of the 76ers big man got him hit with a flagrant 1 and Embiid cried foul. PHILADELPHIA - Joel Embiid tried to dunk on LeBron James and instead his back slammed on the court. NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers Harris shot in final seconds leads 76ers past Lakers 107-106 ![]()
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