CLINCHED! Joel Embiid had 44 points and 17 rebounds, James Harden recorded his second triple-double with Philadelphia and the 76ers locked up a playoff spot with a 112-108 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night.
Cleveland, which is trying to hang onto the No. 7 play-in spot, was still within 109-106 after Harden made two free throws with 11.2 seconds left.
But Kevin Love made a careless inbounds pass that was stolen by Matisse Thybulle, who then made a pass from a sitting position to a streaking Tobais Harris for a game-sealing dunk with 7.2 seconds left. Nothing came easy on offense for the Sixers, who made 21 3-pointers and scored a season-high 144 points in a win over Charlotte on Saturday. But Embiid bailed his teammates out with the kind of performance that has come to be expected from the All-Star.76ers: Attempted 42 free throws. ... F Paul Millsap, a 15-year veteran, has only played eight minutes in the last five games. Millsap has only appeared in four games since DeAndre Jordan was signed on March 3. ...
Cavaliers: Rondo played for the first time since March 12. ... Allen missed his 15th straight game and Mobley sat his fourth in a row. Coach J.B. Bickerstaff said both are improving, but did not say when - or if - either will be back before the regular season ends in a week. ... Garland is one of three players among the NBA's top 10 in both assists and minutes. Harden and Dallas' Luka Doncic are the others. ... Love has played in a team-high 71 games, 66 off the bench.
"He was our second-best player at the time and was out, and at the All-Star break when we made the trade, we were a game out of first place in the East," Rivers said."There's a lot to be said about that."
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