The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

Oladipo, Bogdanovic lead Pacers over Embiid, 76ers

- By Corey Elliot

INDIANAPOL­IS » Victor Oladipo and Bojan Bogdanovic each scored 19 points and the Indiana Pacers beat the Philadelph­ia 76ers 100-92 on Saturday night.

Oladipo added nine rebounds and four assists. Domantis Sabonis scored 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had six assists. Lance Stephenson finished with 14 points and nine rebounds off the bench for Indiana.

Indiana led 76-75 at the start of the fourth quarter, extended its advantage with an 7-2 run and held on with both teams playing on the second night of a back-to-back.

Joel Embiid finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds while playing on both nights of the back-to-back. Ben Simmons scored 10 points and added 11 rebounds for Philadelph­ia.

Philadelph­ia fell behind 40-27 in the second quarter but outscored Indiana 24-10 over a seven-minute span for a 51-50 lead. The Pacers used a 12-6 scoring run to end the second quarter to take a 62-57 lead into the locker rooms.

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76ERS » Four of Philadelph­ia’s five starters scored in double figures. Philadelph­ia’s starters have scored in double figures 17 times this season. . Simmons has scored at least 10 points in 40 of the 76ers 49 games this season . ... Embiid had his fifth consecutiv­e double-double.

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76ERS » Host Washington on Tuesday.

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