Dario Saric thriving in shadows of Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons
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On Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers trailed the Miami Heat by 24 points early in the third quarter and seemed poised for a letdown night with Joel Embiid sitting to rest a sore ankle. Instead of laying down, the 76ers slowly clawed back into the game bDario Saric thriving in shadows of Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons
On Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers trailed the Miami Heat by 24 points early in the third quarter and seemed poised for a letdown night with Joel Embiid sitting to rest a sore ankle. Instead of laying down, the 76ers slowly clawed back into the game by ratcheting up their defensive efforts. Those efforts, along with complete and utter domination on the boards and some timely shooting in the fourth, turned a 24-deficit into a two-point victory at the Wells Fargo Center.Skim the liner notes from any dispatch from the night, and a few heroes emerge. Ben Simmons recorded his sixth triple-double of the season. Marco Belinelli came off the bench to score 17 points in his first game as a Sixer, including a stretch where he scored nine consecutive points for the team in the fourth. Trevor Booker had nine rebounds off the bench and played like every loose ball belonged to him and only him for the entire second half.However, it was Dario Saric’s third-quarter performance that sparked the comeback and ultimately Read more