PHILADELPHIA — In the latest battle of friends turned enemies, Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers took this round from Ben Simmons and the Nets on Wednesday night.
The two jawed at one another at different points of the night, the fans booed Simmons when he was introduced during warmups and cheered loudly when he missed his only shot of the first half. In the end of what turned into a spirited matchup between two Eastern Conference opponents, the Nets just didn’t have the juice to hold off the high-powered Philadelphia offense in a 137-133 loss at Wells Fargo Center.
The Nets had launched a late-game comeback, erasing a 14-point deficit
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