Resume and Highlights: 76ers 122-97 Clippers in NBA Season
Sixers get another win against Clippers and get on track for the close of the season, in a game that dominated from start to finish with a motivated Harden scoring 29 points and took a comfortable away win.
The Sixers fell to the Clippers by one, 102-101, on Jan. 21 in South Philadelphia in the first meeting between the two teams. Joel Embiid led the way for the Sixers, posting a double-double of 40 points and 13 rebounds.
As of Thursday night, Embiid ranks second in the league in scoring, averaging 29.8 points per game. Harden ranks second in the NBA in assists, averaging 10.2 assists per game.
Paul George (right elbow ulnar collateral ligament tear), Kawhi Leonard (right knee ACL injury recovery), Norman Powell (left foot medial sesamoid fracture), Jason Preston (right foot injury recovery) and Jay Scrubb (right foot injury recovery) are out Thursday. Robert Covington (right hand sprain) is questionable.
Joel Embiid was the Sixers' leading scorer in the win, recording a double-double of 30 points and 10 rebounds, plus three assists, three steals and three blocks.
James Harden added 24 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and a steal, while Tobias Harris had 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
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Opened in 1999, the Staples Center is one of the most modern and luxurious venues in the world, with capacity for 18,997 spectators, is known for being the home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, besides being the headquarters of the Grammy Awards, the final cost of the work was 375 million dollars, from December 25 the venue will change its name to Crypto.com Arena, the agreement for naming rights is in the amount of 700 million dollars.
Joel Embiid, an experienced center coming from the University of Kansas has been fundamental for the team to continue fighting at the top of the conference, the player averages: 29.8 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists, with the arrival of Harden will be even more offensive.
Reggie Jackson, an experienced 31-year-old player, has been in charge of giving joy to all Clippers fans, the player leads his team in several areas, these are his numbers: 16.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists.
76ers and Clippers will face each other in the closing game of the series which Clippers lead 1-0, the last meeting ended 102-101, after a great game it is expected that this Friday's game will bring a lot of excitement to the fans, Clippers are fighting for the Play-In pass and 76ers are looking to secure their pass to the Playoffs.
Keeping a franchise in the top positions is always very complicated, the Sixers throughout their history have had ups and downs at different times, the three-time NBA champion team certainly does not spend their best times, but they come from being champions of their division, a small light of hope for the team, at the end of the seventies the Sixers were protagonists in the league but luck was not with them as they lost conference finals and finals for the NBA title, It was not until 1983 when they finally won their third and last NBA championship, for the current NBA season, the Sixers have a record of 45-27 which places them in third place, the team has climbed many positions and now the classification is in their hands, they will arrive to this Friday's game with two consecutive victories, the last one against the Lakers 126-121.
76ers in the last duel/Image:sixers
The beginnings of the Clippers date back to 1970 in the city of Buffalo, where they remained for a brief period of 8 years, thanks to a constant change of owners and poor results, the team moved to the city of San Diego now with the name of Clippers, in his first season the team got its first positive record after 13 years, but in the 1981-82 season, the team was sold and in 1984 moved to Los Angeles, the team spent much time in the shadows until in 2011 managed to unite Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, the team began to be protagonist in the PLayoffs reaching the conference semifinals but still did not make the leap to play an NBA finals, in the 2019-20 season Kawhi Leonard arrived along with Paul George, they got the pass to Playoffs but fell to Denver Nuggets in the semifinals, for the 2020-21 season the team managed to reach their first conference finals, but Chris Paul and the Suns beat them 4-2, the Clippers are currently ranked eighth with a 36-38 record, the team is fighting to reach the finals via Play-in and will arrive to this Friday's matchup with four consecutive losses, the last one against Nuggets 127-115.
Clippers tune up/image: LAClippers
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