Loveland Reporter-Herald

Embiid, 76ers beat Cavs for sixth straight win

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Joel Embiid had 36 points and 18 rebounds and played the final 4:12 after initially being called for his sixth foul, leading the Philadelph­ia 76ers to their sixth straight victory, 118-109 over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.

James Harden added 28 points and Tyrese Maxey had 23 for the Sixers. They were up 108-101 when Embiid was whistled for an offensive charge on Evan Mobley while making a jumper.

As Cleveland fans began to celebrate Embiid’s apparent disqualifi­cation, Sixers coach Doc Rivers immediatel­y challenged the call, which was overturned after a replay review and the superstar was allowed to stay on the floor.

Kevin Porter Jr. scored 27 points and Houston beat short-handed Los Angeles.

It’s the second straight victory for the Western Conference-worst Rockets, who beat Boston on Monday night.

Already without Lebron James because of an injury, the Lakers were also missing Anthony Davis against Houston. Davis, who had 35 points and 17 rebounds in a win over New Orleans on Tuesday night, isn’t playing both games of back-to-back per doctors’ orders after coming back from a right foot injury.

Austin Reaves had 24 points off the bench for the Lakers.

De’aaron Fox hit a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to lift Sacramento past Chicago.

Fox scored 32 points on 12-for-17 shooting, hitting four 3-pointers.

Domantas Sabonis had his second straight tripledoub­le and 11th of the season — finishing with 14 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists — and Sacramento roared back in the second half with hot 3-point shooting.

Malik Monk had 19 points, going 5 for 8 on 3s as the Kings overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to win for the fourth time in five and improve to 9-2 in their last 11.

Demar Derozan led Chicago with 33 points.

Bam Adebayo scored 26 points, Tyler Herro added 24 and Miami enjoyed a rare easy victory, beating Memphis.

Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, Max Strus had 12, Caleb Martin 11 and Kevin Love and Gabe Vincent each had 10. The Heat set a season high for points.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 25 for Memphis.

The Grizzlies played their sixth game without star guard Ja Morant, who was given an eightgame suspension by NBA Commission­er Adam Silver earlier Wednesday as the penalty for “conduct detrimenta­l to the league” — in this case, “holding a firearm in an intoxicate­d state while visiting a Denver area nightclub” and live-streaming it March 4.

Jaylen Brown scored 35 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and Bostons held on to beat Minnesota.

Malcolm Brogdon added 12 points off the bench for Boston, which overcame a tough shooting night to win for the third time in four games.

Anthony Edwards had 28 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota. The Timberwolv­es have lost three of four.

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