MIAMI — Here are my main takeaways and “best” and “worst” awards from the 76ers’ 128-108 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 3 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series Thursday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.
Five observations
- Joel Embiid dominated both sides of the floor, finishing with a team-high 23 points and a game-high three blocks after missing the Sixers’ past 10 games because of a fractured orbital bone. He made 10 of 15 free throws, the most attempts by a Sixer in his postseason debut since Julius Erving took 16 on April 17, 1977.