PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid got benched and the 76ers got beat at the horn.
A season full of championship hopes has turned into a debacle for the 76ers, the latest blight came against Brooklyn on Saturday night when they lost their seventh straight game, this one on a buzzer-beating tip-in — and with Embiid on the bench.
A two-time NBA scoring champion, the oft-injured Embiid sat out the entire fourth quarter in the 105-102 loss after a rough three quarters. Embiid scored just 14 points in 31 minutes, missed all six 3-point attempts and was a bystander in the fourth when the 76ers rallied from 17 down to take the lead late, until they were finished off by Nic Claxton's winner at the horn.