Sixers Stay Hot Beating Division Best Raptors, 94-89
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 26 points, Ersan Ilyasova added 18 and the resurgent Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 94-89 on Wednesday night for their seventh win in nine games.
Embiid, who was questionable because of the flu, surpassed 20 points in fewer than 30 minutes in his 10th straight game.
With Embiid leading the way, the Sixers are no longer the NBA's laughingstock. They're only 14-26 but have rejuvenated a city that has patiently waited for a winner through three miserable seasons.
Embiid pumps up the crowd in between foul shots in a two possession game with 20 seconds left. #TrustTheProcess pic.twitter.com/oYpeizL5hL
— Andrew Porter (@And_Porter) January 19, 2017
Joel Embiid at the free throw line…#TrustTheProcess chants fill the Wells Fargo Center….
— Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) January 19, 2017
Amazing.
(Via @clippittv)pic.twitter.com/zV0REMl1fR
DeMar DeRozan scored 25 and Kyle Lowry had 24 for the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors.
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