Sixers beat Spurs 97–78, move into sixth seed
Sixers win!!!
They win 97–78 against the Spurs and sweep the season series against the Spurs and beat them for the first time in San Antonio since 2004. Wow.
This is the largest margin of a Sixers win in San Antonio in franchise history. The Sixers outscored the Spurs in every quarter except for the 4th were they were only outscored by 1 point.
The MVP of the game is Ben Simmons, the all-star reserve snub. He had 21 points going 10–11 FG and had 5 rebounds and 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in 33 minutes. Joel “The Process” Embiid had a good game with 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 assists. Dario Saric played well with 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. Justin Anderson matched a season-high point total with 12 and had 3 rebounds and 2 assists off the bench playing 20 minutes.
The Spurs started off 0–14 from three and ended with 3/24 (12.5%) The Sixers shot 9/21 from deep this game. The Sixers had 50 rebounds to the Spurs 36. Philadelphia had 12 offensive rebounds which were huge and San Antonio only had 5. The Sixers improve to 24–21 on the season with their 2nd straight win. The Spurs lose only their 4th game this season at home and the first against any team from the Atlantic Division.
The Sixers next game is on Sunday, January 28th, in Oklahoma City vs Paul George, Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook and the thunder for the rematch of the Sixers triple-overtime loss in Philly vs the Thunder earlier this season, the game starts at 6:00 pm. The Thunder are 28–20 and ranked 5th in the western conference.
Trust the process
