Toronto Raptors @ Philadelphia 76ers
Friday, December 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA | Game ID: 22300382
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHI 28 33 32 28 121TOR 37 21 31 22 111
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Embiid plays through ankle injury to extend 30-10 streak to 13, 76ers beat Raptors 121-111
PHILADELPHIA -- — Joel Embiid played through an ankle injury to push his 30-10 streak to 13 games, finishing with 31 points and 10 rebounds in the Philadelphia 76ers’ 121-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.
Embiid scored all 31 points after landing awkwardly trying to block a shot with 5:25 left in the first quarter. The 30-10 streak is the longest in the NBA since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it for 16 straight games in 1971-72. Embiid has scored 30 points or more in 14 straight games, the most in the NBA since James Harden had a 32-game run in 2018-19.
Embiid briefly went to the locker room after scoring just two points in the first quarter but returned in the second quarter and had 11 points at halftime.
“I saw that I wasn’t being aggressive,” Embiid said. “But then I let the game come to me. I didn’t force shots and in the third quarter I was able to get a few shots to go.”
The reigning NBA MVP was noticeably hobbling and winced periodically and favored his right leg, but it didn’t slow him down in the second half. He also had nine assists and four blocks. Embiid didn’t want to talk about his ankle after the game.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I’ll get it checked out. We’ll see.”
Philadelphia coach Nick Nurse confirmed that it was an ankle injury but didn’t offer much more about the injury.
“Obviously, he stayed in the game and it didn’t change his rotation at all,” Nurse said. “But he played through it and I’m pretty sure he’ll be sore tomorrow. We’ll have to monitor it over the next couple days before we get on the plane (to Miami).”
Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxey each had 33 points, the second time in franchise history three players have scored 30-plus points in a game. The other was in 1961 when Dick Barnett, Hal Greer and Dolph Schayes did it for the Syracuse Nationals.
Harris scored 24 points in the first half. Maxey added 10 assists.
“Tobias has been around for a long time,” Maxey said. “He knows how to stay professional and stay ready. He did that tonight. He’s been huge. We appreciate him for that.”
Pascal Siakim led Toronto with 31 points. Jakob Poeltl added 19.
Toronto built a 15-point first quarter lead, but Philadelphia slowly chipped away and took the lead for good with 1:15 to play in the second quarter on Harris’ three-point play.
“Give them credit because they did a good job planning for Joel,” Nurse said. “We got the ball where it needed to go after that and it happened to be Tobias and he energized us. He’s a really good player. Some nights the shots find you and some nights they don’t. Tonight, they found him and he took advantage of it.”
Philadelphia played without rotational regulars Nicolas Batum (hamstring), Patrick Beverley (right heel soreness) and DeAnthony Melton (left thigh contusion).
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
TORDS D. Schröder
GD G. Dick
GT G. Trent Jr.
JM J. McDaniels
JP J. Poeltl
MF M. Flynn
OA O. Anunoby
OP O. Porter Jr.
PA P. Achiuwa
PS P. Siakam
SB S. Barnes
SC Schroder
PHIDH D. House Jr.
FK F. Korkmaz
JE J. Embiid
KO K. Oubre Jr.
MM M. Morris Sr.
PR P. Reed
RC R. Covington
TH T. Harris
TM T. Maxey
TOR/PHI the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur