The Philadelphia 76ers entered State Farm Arena on Friday night looking to accomplish one thing: take back home-court advantage after losing it in Game 1.
The task got tougher when Philadelphia lost Danny Green in the first quarter, but they were able to get big performances out of Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons to come away with a 127-111 win in Game 3. Embiid led Philadelphia with 27 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists and Simmons added 18 points and seven assists in the big win.
Tobias Harris added 22 and eight rebounds with five assists, Furkan Korkmaz had 14 points off the bench in a big effort, Seth Curry had 12 points, Matisse Thybulle had seven and two steals, and Dwight Howard had 12 points and six rebounds.
Here are the observations following the big win in Atlanta: