Tobias Harris added 22 points, 12 rebounds and six assists while newcomer Alec Burks had 19 points off the bench as the Sixers won their fourth in a row, this time without All-Star Ben Simmons. Simmons sat out with a sore back.
Shake Milton drove to the basket and completed a difficult reverse layup for a 108-104 Sixers lead with 2:19 left in overtime.Caris LeVert led the Nets with 25 points, six rebounds and five assists despite shooting 9 of 29. Spencer Dinwiddie added 22 points and eight assists while DeAndre Jordan had 14 points and 15 rebounds. Joe Harris and Wilson Chandler scored 12 points each.
The Nets played on the heels of the team's announcement that All-Star guard Kyrie Irving will miss the rest of the regular season because of shoulder surgery.But the Nets responded in a major way and went ahead by 18, 48-30. After a Sixers turnover, Harris drove to the basket and extended the lead to 20.The Sixers chipped away and got within 66-62 when Burks scored in the paint with 4:08 remaining in the third.
Furkan Korkmaz hit a jumper with the shot clock winding down, Embiid dropped in two free throws and Korkmaz added a layup as the Sixers opened the fourth on a 6-0 run to go ahead, 83-78. The Nets went ahead, 96-95, when Dinwiddie made three free throws after a foul with 4:14 to go. Another alley-oop dunk by Jordan, 1 of 2 free throws by Chandler and two free throws from Jordan gave them a 101-95 advantage.Dinwiddie's twisting shot in the lane with 30.5 seconds left put the Nets ahead 103-101.Chandler's shot was blocked by Embiid at the buzzer to force overtime.
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