Harden 得点する／非難する／２０s 29 to help 76ers throttle ロケット／急騰するs, 123-104
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - James Harden had 29 points and 10 補助装置s against his former team while Tyrese Maxey 得点する／非難する／２０d 26 off the （法廷の）裁判 as the Philadelphia 76ers （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the Houston ロケット／急騰するs 123-104 on Monday night.
Joel Embiid 得点する／非難する／２０d 23 points in 31 minutes for the Sixers, who have won three in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 and 改善するd to 22-8 at home.
"Once you 攻撃する，衝突する 発射s and make 3s, it 肉親，親類d of opens up everything," said Maxey, who is 普通の／平均（する）ing 16 points and 28.6 minutes in 15 games since 存在 placed in a reserve 役割.
Jalen Green 得点する／非難する／２０d 29 points for the ロケット／急騰するs, who have lost six straight to 落ちる to a league-worst 13-44. KJ ツバメ 追加するd 15 for Houston.
"To me, it's about 存在 more 決定的な and trying to make the play instead of reading the play," ロケット／急騰するs coach Steven Silas said. "We have to do a better 職業 of that."
It was Harden's fifth game against the ロケット／急騰するs since he 軍隊d a 貿易（する） with Brooklyn at the beginning of the 2020-21 season. Harden had played nine seasons with Houston, winning three 得点する／非難する／２０ing 肩書を与えるs and the 2017-18 最高殊勲選手 award. In those five games, Harden is 普通の／平均（する）ing 24.2 points. nine 補助装置s and seven 回復するs. Harden now has 218 games in which he's 得点する／非難する／２０d at least 20 points and 記録，記録的な／記録するd 10 or more 補助装置s.
Philadelphia 76ers' Tobias Harris dunks the ball as the Houston ロケット／急騰するs look on during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Harden 拒絶する／低下するd to speak to reporters after the game.
The Sixers controlled the 活動／戦闘 from the outside, 狙撃 15 for 34 (44.3%) from beyond the arc while 持つ／拘留するing the ロケット／急騰するs to 6 for 24 (25%) from 3-point 範囲. Maxey helped kick-start an 18-3 fourth-４半期/4分の1 得点する／非難する／２０ing run that stretched Philadelphia's lead to 26 points.
"I feel like I've 直す／買収する，八百長をするd my spirit, talked to my people and 支援する in the space of having fun," Maxey said. "That's what helps me help my チーム仲間s. The spirit is contagious when I am out there, having fun and 存在 energetic. And I think it helps my チーム仲間s 同様に."
Houston entered the game as the second-worst 3-point 狙撃 team in the NBA, 変えるing only 32.8% from beyond the arc.
"We don't have a way to do kick-out 3s and guys are feeling 圧力 when they are trying to shoot 3s, it seems," Silas said. "発射 創造 is what I'm most 関心d about."
TIP-INS
ロケット／急騰するs: Guard Kevin Porter Jr. 行方不明になるd his 16th game with a left foot contusion. ... 今後 Jabari Smith Jr. 地位，任命するd an Instagram ビデオ on Sunday night, complaining about the noise levels coming from Eagles fans on 幅の広い Street in 前線 of Houston's team hotel after the Eagles ' 38-35 loss to Kansas City in the 最高の Bowl. Silas said the ロケット／急騰するs had no other 問題／発行するs in their 中心 City hotel. "Jabari was just kidding," Silas said.
76ers: PJ Tucker left the game with 権利 calf tightness and did not return in what Sixers coach Doc Rivers called a 予防の move. Tucker is 普通の／平均（する）ing 3.4 points and four 回復するs through 54 games. ... によれば 多重の 報告（する）／憶測s, the Sixers will 調印する backup 中心 Dewayne Dedmon to a 契約 for the 残り／休憩（する） of the season on Tuesday. Dedmon became a 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 after 存在 waived by San Antonio last Thursday and playing in 30 games for Miami earlier in the year. Dedmon would fill a size gap behind Embiid in the middle. Philadelphia has struggled on the boards, starting the day 28th in the NBA with 40.6 per game.
UP NEXT
ロケット／急騰するs: At Oklahoma City Wednesday night in their final game before All-星／主役にする Break.
76ers: Host Cleveland on Wednesday night before the break.
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Houston ロケット／急騰するs' Jabari Smith, left, makes his move to the basket after receiving a pass with Philadelphia 76ers' Jalen McDaniels, 中心, guarding during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Philadelphia. 76ers' James Harden, 権利, 攻撃する，衝突するs the 床に打ち倒す after challenging the pass to Smith. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Houston ロケット／急騰するs' Daishen 拒む，否認する, left, shoots the ball over Philadelphia 76ers' Tobias Harris, 権利, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Feb. 13, 202 3, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia 76ers' Tyrese Maxey, 権利, goes up for the 発射 against Houston ロケット／急騰するs' Alperen Sengun, 中心, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
