{"id":83971,"date":"2021-06-12T04:21:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T04:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83971"},"modified":"2021-06-12T07:06:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T07:06:07","slug":"aussie-impresses-amid-simmons-sucks-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83971","title":{"rendered":"Aussie impresses amid &#039;Simmons sucks&#039; chants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joel Embiid scored 27 points and the Philadelphia 76ers rode a dominant third quarter to a 127-111 victory over the Atlanta Hawks and a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid, playing with a cartilage tear in his right knee, added nine rebounds, eight assists and three blocked shots.<\/p>\n<p>Tobias Harris had 22 points and Ben Simmons added 18 to help the 76ers end Atlanta&#x27;s streak of 13 home wins.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons had to endure &quot;Simmons sucks&quot; chants but responded in the best way possible.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I was just trying to push the page, get in the lane, find my guys, stay aggressive, get to the rim&#8230; I think I did a good job of it in the second half,&quot; Simmons said post-game.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia coach Doc Rivers was impressed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You know it&#x27;s exhausting when you think about what we&#x27;re asking Ben to do,&quot; Rivers said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Follow Trae Young around. Follow him around screens and push the ball up with pace.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSPhilly\/status\/1403500983511040001\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSPhilly\/status\/1403500983511040001<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSPhilly\/status\/1403542677946355716\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSPhilly\/status\/1403542677946355716<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 76ers have taken the series lead with back-to-back wins.<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers played up to their No. 1 seed, taking a lead of 22 points and keeping the advantage in double figures most of the second half.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks played from behind after their last lead at 11-10.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"cfb8c24f-7370-4179-b8a4-f609ffbc369b\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/cfb8c24f-7370-4179-b8a4-f609ffbc369b\" alt=\"Ben Simmons #25 and Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers \" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trae Young led Atlanta with 28 points. John Collins had 23 and Bogdan Bogdanovic 19.<\/p>\n<p>Game 4 is Monday night in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>After leading 65-60 early in the third period, Philadelphia took command with an 11-0 run. The 76ers outscored the Hawks 34-19 in the third period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagicJohnson\/status\/1403542740395343880\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagicJohnson\/status\/1403542740395343880<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sixers\/status\/1403501935223840774\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/sixers\/status\/1403501935223840774<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kazeem\/status\/1403520884560826368\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kazeem\/status\/1403520884560826368<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PompeyOnSixers\/status\/1403512983708446722\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PompeyOnSixers\/status\/1403512983708446722<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simmons had two baskets during the run, including a jam for a 76-60 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta couldn&#x27;t regain the momentum as the 76ers stretched the lead to 20 points, 93-73, late in the period.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"df8cc98c-3f48-4835-b540-d1856bdca0ad\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/df8cc98c-3f48-4835-b540-d1856bdca0ad\" alt=\"Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers battles for a rebound against Bogdan Bogdanovic #13 of the Atlanta Hawks\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Embiid, who faced constant double-teams from Atlanta&#x27;s defense, made 12 of 16 free throws.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid had a scare in the third quarter when he limped and appeared to be in pain after grabbing a rebound. Embiid appeared to step awkwardly on Clint Capela&#x27;s foot and he remained in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Hawks coach Nate McMillan asked for a strong start that eluded his team in its Game 2 loss. Instead, Philadelphia relied on an unlikely scoring source to grab the early lead.<\/p>\n<p>Furkan Korkmaz, who scored a combined seven points in the first two games of the series, scored 11 points in the opening period while making two 3s. He added another 3 in the fourth for 14 points.<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers stretched the advantage to 11 points in the second period before settling for a 61-56 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Joel Embiid scored 27 points and the Philadelphia 76ers rode a dominant third quarter to a 127-111 victory over the Atlanta Hawks and a 2-1 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83971\" title=\"Aussie impresses amid &#039;Simmons sucks&#039; chants\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83971"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83973,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83971\/revisions\/83973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}