The Philadelphia 76ers needed somebody to close the game out on Saturday as the Minnesota Timberwolves fought their way back into the game after being down by as many as 19. In order to really close the game out and get the win, the Sixers turned to their closer.
No, not Joel Embiid, they turned to Tobias Harris.
Harris scored 12 points in the fourth quarter and he was making shot after shot down the stretch to win the game for Philadelphia 122-113. He finished the game with 32 points and he continues to cement his status as the team’s closer.
“Win by any means,” said Harris. “That’s really my mentality and I know, fourth quarter, it’s crunch time, there’s ways to get the mismatches that I want out there, then to get to my spots, and just reading the game. I thought tonight, I was able to get those spots.”
It also says a lot about his teammates that they were willing to give him the ball and get the hell out of the way. Just let Harris go to work.
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“My teammates out there were able to have the confidence and continue to push me to go get the ball again and again,” Harris added. “It’s just when by any means and just an internal confidence to know that now you gotta live and die by the results, whatever it may be. By knowing the intention behind it and I know my intention is to do whatever I can to walk in that locker room with a win.”
Harris is the main guy the team will go to down the stretch of a game and they will continue to do so. Even though they do have a stable of guys who have hit clutch shots, Harris seems to be the one who pops up over and over again.
“He’s one of our clutch guys for sure,” Rivers added. “I think we have a lot of them. Joel’s made some clutch shots, Danny Green has made a lot of shots, Tobias and Seth (Curry). It’s nice that we have willing participants. It’s an interesting team because we have a lot of guys that are willing to take the shots. That’s a good sign moving forward.”
The Sixers will now turn around and take on the Memphis Grizzlies at home on Easter Sunday.
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