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Sixers, Warriors boost NBA playoff hopes with key wins

Inez Watson by Inez Watson
April 5, 2024
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Kyrie Irving scored 26 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 109-95 NBA victory over Atlanta. ©AFP

Miami (AFP) – Tyrese Maxey scored 37 points and Joel Embiid added 29 to ignite the Philadelphia 76ers in a 109-105 victory at Miami on Thursday and boost their NBA playoff chances.

Maxey added 11 assists and nine rebounds, just missing a triple double in 41 minutes on the court as the Sixers improved to 42-35, eighth in the Eastern Conference but only a game behind sixth-place Indiana.

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The top six in each conference take NBA playoff berths while teams in the seven to 10 positions face play-in games for the last two available spots.

Maxey had missed the past two games for Philadelphia with a hip injury, but in his first game alongside Embiid in more than two months, the duo were dominating.

“I’m tired,” Maxey said. “Normally when you come back you get to play 32 minutes but (coach Nick) Nurse asked me and I said I’m all good. I can play as much as you need me to.”

Philadelphia, 2-0 since the return of reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Embiid from a knee injury, fell out of the top six while the Cameroonian big man was injured but hope to climb back into the top six in their final five games.

Miami, led by Terry Rozier’s 22 points, fell to 42-34, seventh in the East.

In the Western Conference, the Golden State Warriors stretched their win streak to six games with a 133-110 victory at Houston, boosting their lead over the only team that can knock them out of a play-in spot.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each scored 29 points to lead the Warriors, who led 65-50 at half-time and rolled in the second half.

The Rockets lost their 13th consecutive meeting with Golden State, a club they have not beaten since February 2020.

At 42-34, Golden State holds the 10th and final West play-in spot while Houston slid to 38-38, four games behind the Warriors with six games remaining.

– Clippers beat Nuggets –

Paul George scored 28 points and James Harden added 20 to lead the host Los Angeles Clippers over defending champion Denver 102-100 despite a triple double by Nikola Jokic in a losing cause.

Two-time NBA MVP Jokic had 36 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists and the Nuggets grabbed a 31-20 lead after the first quarter before the Clippers battled back.

“Big win, especially because we’ve been losing at home,” George said. “We had a slow start. We’ve got to be better but it’s a big win. This is a champion-caliber team. They are defending champs. I thought we did a great job of just staying in the game and we fought hard.”

The Clippers’ bench outscored Denver’s reserves 34-9.

“We’ve got guys that we can plug in and they give us a big boost,” George said. “They give us great energy. Those guys gave us a lift when we were flat in the first quarter and they got us into the game.”

Each team was missing a top star with Jamal Murray out for Denver and Kawhi Leonard missing for the Clippers.

Denver fell to 53-24, a half-game behind Western Conference leader Minnesota and a half-game ahead of third-place Oklahoma City.

Elsewhere, Kyrie Irving scored 26 points and Luka Doncic added 25 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to power the Dallas Mavericks over visiting Atlanta 109-95.

Dallas, 46-30, remained fifth in the West, a game ahead of Phoenix in the fight for a top-six finish and a secure playoff spot.

And New York’s Jalen Brunson scored 35 points and passed off 11 assists while Josh Hart contributed 31 points, nine rebounds and eight assists to spark the Knicks over visiting Sacramento 120-109.

The Knicks, 45-31, closed the game on a 28-14 run to swipe the victory, snapping a three-game losing streak to pull level with fourth-place Orlando and a half-game behind third-place Cleveland in the East.

New York announced forward Julius Randle will have season-ending right shoulder surgery. He dislocated the shoulder in January but delayed an operation in hopes of returning for the playoffs.

© 2024 AFP

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