Guard Bradley Beal starred in his best offensive game as a professional with 60 points, but his Washington Wizards team could not cut the winning streak of the Fidelfia Sixers that extended it to five consecutive wins after beating them this Wednesday by 141- 136.
Cameroonian center Joel Embiid scored 38 points as the leader of the Sixers attack that overcame Beal’s brilliant individual performance and continue with the best record in the league (7-1).
The arrival of coach Doc Rivers has been immediately noticed in the game of the Sixers, who lead the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference.
Beal scored his last two points of the night with a layup, but missed a 3-point attempt in the final minute that could have left him with the best record in the league, still held by guard Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors. , who achieved 62 last Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Beal, who once scored 53 and 55 points in consecutive games, made 20 of 25 shots from the field, including 7 of 10 3-pointers, and 13 of 15 from the personnel line to match former Wizard Gilbert Arenas for the franchise mark of a single match.
The Wizards’ starting guard was sensational from the start, with 11 of 16 shots from the field, including four triples, in the first half with 32 points and joined the legendary Michael Jordan (34 points in 2001) and Arenas (33 points in 2006 and 30 in 2007) as the only Wizards players to have scored 30 halftime points in the past 20 years.
Beal hit seven 3s and had 57 points in three quarters, and that should have been enough to give the Wizards the lead.
But the defense of Washington did not play well in the first half allowing 82 points and only the guard of the Washington team had 21 points more than the rest of all his teammates.
Embiid was back in dominance after an uncommon slow start and continued his steamy early-season streak.
Although he missed all six shots in the first quarter and scored a point. He then scored 14 in the second and helped the Sixers to a 19-point lead.
Embiid also got the decisive points with the play of three (touchdown and personnel shot) down the stretch that gave the Sixers the partial advantage of 131-127 that would be the decisive one.
His second three-point play in 90 seconds put him at 134-131. He then hit a triple and secured the Sixers victory.
Guard Seth Curry had six straight triples in the first half and finished with 28 points, making him the Sixers’ second leading scorer.
Australian point guard Ben Simmons was in charge of directing the game for the Sixers and finished the game with a double-double of 17 points and 12 assists.
While forward Tobias Harris scored 19 and also helped the Sixers win, who have not lost at home since December 2019. Harris reached 10,000 points as an NBA professional.
Point guard Russell Westbrook scored 20 points as the second leading scorer for the Wizards (2-6), who snapped their two-game winning streak after starting the season 0-5.
Brazilian Raúl Neto, who played 12 minutes to rest Westbrook, did his job by scoring five points after scoring 2 of 4 shots from the field, including a two-shot triple, gave two assists, recovered a ball and committed three personal fouls. that prevented him from having more minutes on the field.
