ORLANDO, Fla. — The Philadelphia 76ers received great performances up and down the lineup in Wednesday’s 112-92 win over the Orlando Magic. Tyrese Maxey, De’Anthony Melton and Tobias Harris all scored 20-plus points, and the bench unit provided a big boost.
Marcus Morris Sr. hopped off the bench and poured in 14 points. Patrick Beverley added 10 points and four rebounds while making dagger shots. Mo Bamba hopped off the bench and grabbed seven rebounds while Robert Covington had two steals.
“Obviously, Pat and Marcus played really well, right?” said coach Nick Nurse after the win. “I thought Cov came in, I don’t know how many steals he got, but he got his hands on a few. He made a couple of key steals. They’ve only got him for two and I thought Mo had a really good stint early and rebounded it really well, right? I thought his first-half stint was excellent. Good production off the bench.”
Morris scored six of his 14 in the second quarter as he made some key shots to help keep the Magic at bay a bit when they tried to make a run. It seemed like every time down, the Sixers dumped into Morris and let him go to work against the young Magic.
“I give a lot of credit to my point guard out there,” Morris explained. “He seen that they were doing a lot of switching, a lot of screening, so Pat wanted me to run pick-and-roll with him, and get the switches and just punished the matchup so that’s we did. Nick gave us an opportunity to play a two-man game and it worked out.”
The Sixers look to continue their winning ways when they visit the Houston Rockets on Friday.
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