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Seth Curry chipped in with 23 points and Tobias Harris had 18
for the 76ers, who have won four of their past five games.
Embiid made 15 of 19 free throws.
Gordon Hayward poured in 31 points to pace Charlotte. The
Hornets also received clutch contributions from Kelly Oubre Jr.
(22 points, 10 rebounds), Miles Bridges (20 points) and Cody
Martin (12 points).
The teams played twice across three nights in the same arena,
with Philadelphia prevailing 127-124 in overtime behind Embiid's
season-high 43 points on Monday night.
Again, it was mostly a tight game throughout, though the 76ers
built an 80-71 lead midway through the third quarter. Charlotte
closed within a point at 82-81 by the end of the quarter.
In a span of about four minutes in the fourth quarter, there
were four lead changes and three ties. That set the stage for
P.J. Washington's 3 (accounting for his first points of the
game) that gave Charlotte a 98-97 lead. But the 76ers answered
with seven straight points, five of them from Embiid, to open a
105-98 lead with 1:53 left and held on the rest of the way.
Charlotte played its third game in a row minus starters LaMelo
Ball, Terry Rozier and Miles Plumlee and reserve Jalen McDaniels
because of COVID protocols. Ish Smith was absent for the second
straight game with the same reason listed.
--Field Level Media
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