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TOBIAS Harris scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers held out to defeat the Toronto Raptors 109-102 Tuesday night in Tampa.
Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid had 18 points and 12 rebounds to end a streak of 14 straight games in which he had scored at least 25 points.
Furkan Korkmaz scored 16 of his season-best 19 points in the first quarter for the 76ers, who ended a 16-game losing streak in the regular season to Toronto. Ben Simmons added 15 points and Shake Milton and Danny Green scored 11 each.
The 76ers won a two-game set division and stopped the Raptors’ winning streak at four games. Philadelphia has won two of three against Toronto.
Norman Powell had 24 points for the Raptors and Pascal Siakam added 22. Fred VanVleet had 12 points, Aron Baynes had 11 and Chris Boucher and OG Anunoby each scored 10 points.
The 76ers, who led by as much as 21 points in the second quarter, took a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Simmons started the fourth with a jump shot that raised the lead to 16. The Raptors cut the lead to six on a 3-pointer by Boucher with 5:07 left.
Philadelphia responded with seven straight points. Embiid scored on the lead and then made two free throws to stretch the lead to 15 points with 1:41 to play. – Reuters
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