MIAMI–The Philadelphia 76ers had to head down to South Beach to take on the Miami Heat for a tough second night of a back-to-back following a rallying win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at home on Friday. The matchup was going to be tough enough, but they then found out they would be missing James Harden as well.
The Sixers got off to a slow start on the offensive end as they scored only 14 points on 21.7% shooting in the first quarter and that was the beginning of an overall tough night. To Philadelphia’s credit, they battled and they stayed in it, but it was not enough as Jimmy Butler made big plays for the Heat in a 99-82 win for Miami.
Joel Embiid had 22 points on 14-for-14 shooting from the free-throw line and 15 rebounds, Tyrese Maxey added 17 Tobias Harris had 16 and eight rebounds, and Georges Niang added nine off the bench.
Here are the player grades following the loss: