Robert Covington scores 43 points in win over Bucks, helps Sixers

Robert Covington explodes for 43 points to knock off the Milwaukee Bucks and help the Philadelphia 76ers.

With the Philadelphia 76ers off on Friday evening as they prepare for a matchup with the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday, they were scoreboard watching as they take a look at the Eastern Conference standings.

The Sixers entered Friday 2 games back of the Milwaukee Bucks for the No. 2 seed in the East, but they gained some help from former Sixers forward Robert Covington as he exploded for a ginormous night.

Covington scored a career-high 43 points while knocking down 11 triples to help the Los Angeles Clippers knock off the Bucks 153-119. Behind Covington’s monstrous night, the Sixers gained a half-game on Milwaukee in the race for a top 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with six games left in the season.

Covington’s previous career-high in scoring was 31 points when he was still with the Sixers in 2017. That happened to be a 109-105 win over the Clippers. Philadelphia will now look to gain more ground in the standings when they take on the Hornets on Saturday afternoon.

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