Embiid 得点する／非難する／２０s 24 points in return, 76ers （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Timberwolves

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joel Embiid was happy to be 支援する on the 法廷，裁判所 even if he wasn´t thrilled with his game.

Embiid had 24 points and eight 回復するs in his return to the 顔触れ, and Tobias Harris 得点する／非難する／２０d 32 to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-113 on Saturday night.

Embiid 行方不明になるd the previous 10 games 予定 to a bone bruise in his left 膝. The four-time All-星／主役にする and 最高殊勲選手 候補者 entered 普通の／平均（する）ing 29.9 points and 11.5 回復するs in 31 games this season.

Philadelphia fans were happy to see their favorite big man 支援する in 活動／戦闘, serenading a smiling Embiid with "M-V-P! M-V-P!" 詠唱するs when he was shown on the big 審査する during warmups.

With his left 膝 ひどく wrapped, Embiid moved 井戸／弁護士席 but his game wasn´t やめる as sharp as it had been before he got 負傷させるd March 12 at Washington. Embiid 発射 6 of 14 from the field, but 行方不明になるd all four 3-point tries, and 変えるd 12 of 17 解放する／自由な throws.

"It felt 広大な／多数の／重要な," he said. "Just trying to get my rhythm 支援する. I´m going to 非難する the を締める I was wearing. I just felt like I didn´t have my rhythm all game. It felt like I wasn´t smooth. I hate the を締める."

Ben Simmons 追加するd 14 points, eight 回復するs and six 補助装置s for Philadelphia (34-15), which pulled even with idle Brooklyn for the best 記録，記録的な／記録する in the Eastern 会議／協議会.

"We won the game, but I wasn´t thrilled how we played," coach Doc Rivers said. "It was one of those sloppy, ugly games. We had so many chances to put the game away, but we 辞退するd to do that tonight."

Karl-Anthony Towns had 39 points, 14 回復するs and five 補助装置s for the Timberwolves, who have the worst 記録，記録的な／記録する in the NBA at 12-38.

"He is unstoppable. Just give him the ball," said チーム仲間 Anthony Edwards, who 追加するd 27 points.

Led by Towns´ 17 points and eight 回復するs, Minnesota hung around in the first half and 追跡するd just 64-60 at the break. Philadelphia used a quick 13-0 run to start the second half, over which the 76ers didn´t 行方不明になる a 発射, to take 支配（する）／統制する. The spurt was capped by Seth Curry´s 解放する／自由な throw that made it 77-60 with 9:03 left in the third ４半期/4分の1 に引き続いて a technical foul on Minnesota coach Chris Finch.

That was too much ground for the Timberwolves to （不足などを）補う - although they did make it a game late.

Minnesota got as の近くに as four on several occasions in the last five minutes, the last on Edwards´ dunk with 2:02 left. But Harris was too much 負かす／撃墜する the stretch, coming up with an answer every time the Timberwolves got の近くに. Harris 攻撃する，衝突する the final four 76ers field goals, 含むing a 運動ing dunk that made it 117-111 with 1:46 to play.

"勝利，勝つ by any means, that´s really my mentality," Harris said. "My 意向 is to do whatever I can to walk in the locker room with a 勝利，勝つ."

TOWNS VS. EMBIID

The two big men have an adversarial history, with both 収入 中断s for a fight during an October 2019 game in Philadelphia that was followed by a postgame 交流 of social マスコミ barbs.

There were some moments on Saturday that could´ve gotten heated, but Towns remained 静める throughout and leaned on his play.

He 供給するd a 最高潮の場面 in the first half when he dunked over Embiid with 8:15 left in the second ４半期/4分の1.

"Just a play, two points. Felt good to get two points on the board," Towns said. "I ain´t worried about that squabble; I´m trying to get 勝利，勝つs."

Towns, booed during introductions and whenever he touched the ball, followed up the dunk with an emphatic 封鎖する of Matisse Thybulle´s layup 試みる／企てる on Philadelphia´s 続いて起こるing 所有／入手.

Embiid 伸び（る）d some 復讐 late in the half when he crossed over Towns, was fouled and 攻撃する，衝突する a short baseline jumper before 上陸 on the 法廷，裁判所.

Philadelphia´s big man spun Towns around with a hard foul with 7:04 left in the third, but nothing （機の）カム of it. Embiid tried to keep Towns 静める, although Towns walked away looking unhappy. Finch 手配中の，お尋ね者 the 公式の／役人s to review the play for a possible 極悪の foul, but there was no review.

Embiid did get whistled for a 極悪の 1 foul with 7:38 left in the fourth when he 削除するd 負かす／撃墜する at Towns´ 武器 as he was 運動ing to the basket.

"I´m not here to live out a narrative people want; I´m here to 勝利，勝つ the game," Towns said. "I take hard fouls every game."

TIP-INS

Timberwolves: Finch, a Pennsylvania native from Reading, said he had friends in 出席. ... Ricky Rubio (支援する) and Malik Beasley (hamstring) didn´t play. ... Minnesota dropped to 5-21 on the road.

76ers: Rivers said afterward Embiid´s status for Sunday´s game against Memphis wasn´t yet 決定するd but the team would be more "用心深い than 積極的な" with its 星／主役にする 中心. ... Philadelphia 改善するd to 20-4 at home and 17-5 against teams under .500. ... 退役軍人 G George Hill 参加するd in 非，不，無-接触する 演習 s at shootaround. Hill, acquired by the 76ers on March 25, has been out since Jan. 24 with a thumb 傷害. ... Embiid has 行方不明になるd 16 games with 支援する and 膝 傷害s this season.

UP NEXT

Timberwolves: Host the Sacramento Kings on Monday.

76ers: Host the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.

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