Philadelphia showed their backbone and continued to pursue the Eastern Conference lead.

The Philadelphia 76ers won a 120-119 come-from-behind victory in the 2022-2023 NBA regular league home game against the Portland Trail Blazers held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on the 11th (Korean time).

Philadelphia, 3rd in the Eastern Conference, won 4 consecutive wins, narrowing the lead with 2nd placed Boston Celtics to 2 games. Joel Embiid (37 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocked shots) had a dramatic winning shot, and James Harden (19 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists) did his part. Harden also moved up to sixth place on the career free throws list, surpassing Michael Jordan.

On the other hand, Portland, 13th in the Western Conference, fell into a two-game losing streak. Anfernie Simmons 스포츠토토(34 points, 3 points, 8/12, 2 assists) showed off his good shooting skills, while Damian Lillard (22 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists) and Jerami Grant (24 points, 3 3 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists) had a double double. was written, but swallowed regret due to lack of back heart.

Philadelphia’s start was not smooth. After starting the game with five consecutive runs to Yusuf Nurkic and Simmons, he was dragged around throughout the first quarter. Embiid scored 14 points, but Harden was silent and swallowed regret. Philadelphia, which even allowed six 3-pointers, finished the first quarter with a score of 29-37.

The gap widened further in the second quarter. In Philadelphia, Embiid’s lonely fight continued, while in Portland, Simmons consistently hit 3-point shots, and bench members even fired support shots. At one point in the second quarter, the gap widened to 20 points.

Philadelphia couldn’t find a breakthrough in the third quarter, which was 56-71. Although he had the upper hand in the rebound battle, it was difficult to change the atmosphere by only making one 3-point shot. Philadelphia failed to block Lillard, who had blocked it relatively well until the second quarter, and ended the third quarter with a score of 85-96.

However, it was Philadelphia that had a strong back-and-forth. Philadelphia, which announced a full-fledged pursuit with Embiid’s dunk shot in the middle of the fourth quarter, returned the game to the starting point by tying up D’Anthony Melton’s and Harden’s three-point shots.

Afterwards, Philadelphia, which continued to fight back and forth, reorganized the line through the last-minute operation time in the 4th quarter, behind by 1 point. Then, Embiid succeeded in a fade away shot 1.5 seconds before the end of the game, regaining the lead by one point. Philadelphia then blocked Portland’s last attack and took a dramatic come-from-behind victory by 20 points.