Sixers rally to win 133-130, snap Bucks’ 16-game streak

MILWAUKEE(AP) — Joel Embiid made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 41.4 seconds leftand the Philadelphia 76ers rallied from a 19-point deficit to beatMilwaukee 133-130 on Saturday, snapping the Bucks’ 16-game winningstreak.

Milwaukeehad the longest winning streak by any NBA team since the PhoenixSuns had 18 straight victories early last season.

The 76erstrailed 125-121 before James Harden, who scored a game-high 38points, hit a 3-pointer with 1:21 left. After Giannis Antetokounmpomissed a shot from around the basket, Embiid sank a 3-pointer thatgave Philadelphia its first lead of the second half.

After JrueHoliday missed a 3-point attempt with 25 seconds remaining, the76ers went 6 of 6 from the line the rest of the way to seal thevictory.

Hardenadded 10 assists and nine rebounds. Embiid had 31 points, 10assists and six rebounds. Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and GeorgesNiang had 16.

Antetokounmpo had 34 points and 13 rebounds for Milwaukee. BrookLopez and Holiday added 26 points apiece. Grayson Allen had 20, allin the third quarter.

The 76erspulled off this comeback without a couple of key players.

Philadelphia’s Tobias Harris didn’t play in the second half due toleft calf soreness and P.J. Tucker sat out the fourth quarter withback spasms. Harris scored three points in 13 minutes, while Tuckerhad two points in 19 minutes.

Milwaukeehad built a 19-point lead in the second half thanks largely toAllen’s hot streak.

After goingscoreless and attempting just one shot in the first half, Allenscored 20 points in the first 9 minutes, 19 seconds of the thirdquarter. He went 6 of 6 from 3-point range during that stretch.

Allencapped his third-quarter scoring with a 3-pointer that gaveMilwaukee a 95-77 lead with 2:41 left in the third.

The 76erserased nearly all of that deficit in about 5 ½ minutes.

Philadelphia trailed 99-85 at the end of three quarters but scoredthe first nine points of the fourth. The 76ers cut Milwaukee’s leadto 101-100 on Harden’s three-point play with 9:07 left.

Antetokounmpo responded with a three-point play that gave the Buckssome breathing room, but the 76ers kept coming and eventually tiedthe game at 108 on Niang’s 3-pointer with 6:23 left.

Milwaukeeregained the lead as Antetokounmpo drove, scored and drew a foul onEmbiid for a three-point play with 5:55 left.

Once again,the 76ers responded. And this time, they finally regained the leadand made sure it stuck.

TIP-INS

76ers:Dewayne Dedmon was available to play but didn’t take the floor.Dedmon has been dealing with a sore left hip and hasn’t played forthe 76erssincesigning with themon Feb. 14. ... 76ers coach Doc Rivers,a former Marquette star whose jersey hangs from the Fiserv Forumbanners, says he visited with Marquette coach Shaka Smart on Fridaynight during the team’s trip to Milwaukee.

Bucks:Wesley Matthews missed a fifth straight game with a strained rightcalf. ... Antetokounmpo went 16 of 18 on free-throw attempts. Oneof the misses was a 10-second violation on his first attempt.Antetokounmpo had gone 4 of 15 from the line the last time theBucks faced the 76ers, a 110-102 loss on Nov. 18. ... The Buckssigned C Meyers Leonard to a second 10-day contract. Leonard hasaveraged 2.8 points, 2 rebounds and 6.8 minutes in fourappearances.

UPNEXT

76ers: AtIndiana on Monday in the fourth game of a five-game road swing.

Bucks: AtWashington on Sunday.