With Joel Embiid watching from the bench, Brooklyn's center Nic Claxton put back a Cameron Johnson miss as time expired to give the Nets a 105-103 win on the road. Johnson led Brooklyn with 23 points.
George was out-hustled for the rebound, failing to jump or even raise his arms in pursuit of the ball. The lack of effort cost the Sixers a potential win and dropped their record to 20-26, the fourth-worst in the Eastern Conference.
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.
Philadelphia 76ers former MVP center Joel Embiid was benched on Saturday. He sat out the entire final quarter of the Sixers’ latest blunder, a Saturday 105-103 loss to the Brook
Nets center Nic Claxton’s putback layup just beat the buzzer — and beat the 76ers, 105-103, on Saturday night.
Sixers star Joel Embiid sat out the final quarter of Saturday's loss to the Nets, with coach Nick Nurse admitting the ex-NBA MVP is "not himself."
Nic Claxton and the Nets reacted to a buzzer beater win of the 76ers that pulled them within a half-game of the Eastern Conference play-in.
It was the Nets’ first game-winning buzzer beater since Dec. 16, 2022, when Kyrie Irving sunk the Raptors in Toronto, and Claxton’s first career game-winner, which secured