Sacramento, Calif. (AP) Tyrese Maxey scored 15 of 32 points in the third quarter, Philadelphia 76ersplayed without Joel Embiid and James Harden, Sacramento Kings 129-127 on Saturday nights.
Maxxie also had 7 assists and 6 rebounds to help the 76ers overcome a 21-point deficit.
Embiid and Harden rested with leg injuries, but the rest of the 76ers stopped Sacramento’s six-game winning streak.
For the Sixers, Tobias Harris, Montrez Harrell and Georges Niang scored 17 points.
76ers coach Doc Rivers said, “It was a resilient win for our guys.” ”
Dearon Fox had 31 points and 9 assists for the Kings (26-19). Harrison Barnes scored 27 points and went 9-for-6 from a 3-point range. Kevin Harter added his 20.
“They have some good players,” said Hueter. “This is a team that, if healthy, can play against anyone in the East.”
The Kings built a 71-50 margin on Hurter’s 3-point basket with 3:10 left in the second quarter. The 76ers had him on a 14-3 run, but the Kings had a half and he held a 74-64 lead.
The 76ers surged to tie the game at 86 on a 3-point play by Harrell with 6:59 left in the third quarter. The Kings regained the lead when Barnes scored the next five points, but the 76ers started a 16-5 run to end the quarter with a 102-96 lead.
Maxxie scored 12 of the 76ers’ first 16 points in the third quarter.
“I was telling them[the 76ers]that I was going to be aggressive in the third,” Maxxie said. (Third), we dictated what we needed, and I think we did that for most of the third quarter.”
The 76ers opened a 107-96 lead early in the fourth and recovered until the Kings narrowed the lead to one point twice. .
After Maxxie made two free throws on the next play to extend the lead by three points, Mathis Thybulle fouled Barnes on a three-point attempt. Barnes missed the first shot, made the second, then deliberately missed the third, but the 76ers rebounded to end the game.
The 76ers swept the series 2-0, including a 123-103 win in Philadelphia on December 14. The last time the Kings beat his 76ers was his 115-108 on February 2, 2019 in Sacramento.
“Give them a lot of credit,” Kings coach Mike Brown said. “They came here and took this game away from us.”
Sidelines for EMBIID and HARDEN:
Embiid, the league’s second-leading scorer, was out recovering from a left leg injury, and Harden was sidelined to manage a tendon strain in his right leg.
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76ers: The 76ers are 18-4 and 12-12 since the start of the season. They won him nine in his first 11 games in January. Shake Milton off the bench he had 15 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds.
Kings: Chimezie Metu went to the locker room in the second quarter with a left foot injury and did not return. … Domantas Sabonis has recorded 22 consecutive double-doubles. … Fox’s four assists early in the first half moved him past Bob Davis for eighth place on the Kings’ career list with 2,251.
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76ers: Host Brooklyn on Wednesday.
Kings: Host Memphis on Monday.
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