Harris scores as Nets snare 76ers
Los Angeles, Jan. 8: Joe Harris scored a team high 28 points as the Brooklyn Nets shook off the absence of two stars to snap the Philadelphia 76ers’ fivegame winning streak with a 122- 109 victory on Thursday.
Caris LeVert scored 22 points and had 10 assists as the Nets cooled off the NBA’s hottest team despite missing their two top players Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
Harris got the job done, finishing two points shy of his career high as the Nets posted their second straight double- digit win after dropping four of five.
LeVert, who started in place of Irving, made the most of his opportunity. He scored 18 points by halftime as the Nets shot 45.4 percent and scored 35 points off 20 Philadelphia turnovers.
Stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons had quiet nights for the 76ers. Embiid scored 20 points on seven- of- 14 shooting while Simmons had just 11 points.
Shake Milton started in place of injured Seth Curry and led the Sixers with 24 points and seven assists.
PORTLAND HUNT WOLVES
Elsewhere, Damian Lillard delivered 39 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as the Portland Trail Blazers breezed past the slumping Minnesota Timberwolves 135- 117.
C. J. McCollum tallied 20 points and Jusuf Nurkic finished with 17 points and seven rebounds for Portland, who snapped a two- game skid and posted its highest- scoring effort of the season.
D’Angelo Russell and Anthony Edwards scored 26 points apiece for the Timberwolves.
Naz Reid chipped in 13 points in 16 minutes as Minnesota dropped its sixth straight game.
Also, Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the host Memphis Grizzlies 94- 90. —