Tyrese Maxey scored 25 points, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 44.7 seconds remaining as the Philadelphia 76ers withstood the ejection of James Harden and a sluggish performance by Joel Embiid to outlast the Brooklyn Nets for a 102-97 victory in Game 3 of its Eastern Conference first-round series in New York. With 55 seconds left, Embiid missed a 17-footer, but …
Luka Doncic scored 25 points and Jaden Hardy added 20 off the bench as the Dallas Mavericks snapped a four-game losing streak with a 127-104 rout of the short-handed Indiana Pacers on Monday in Indianapolis. Kyrie Irving had 16 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 13, Reggie Bullock added 11, and JaVale McGee had 10 for Dallas, which shot 56.6 percent …
Struggling is one thing. A first-time All-Star this season, Haliburton also impressed Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis last week when Indiana lost to the Lakers, 112-111. “He’s the head of the snake,” Davis said after Haliburton posted 26 points and a game-high 12 assists against Los Angeles. “We’re going home disappointed,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Among others, …
