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NBA roundup: Quentin Grimes scores 44, Sixers top Warriors to snap losing skid
Grimes scores career-high 44 points and the 76ers beat the Warriors to end a 9-game losing streak
Quentin Grimes scored a career-high 44 points and the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a nine-game losing streak, beating the Golden State Warriors 126-119 on Saturday night in a game where Stephen Curry ha
Player grades: Sixers hold off Warriors to end lengthy losing streak
Butler played only 55 games for the Sixers in the 2018-19 season, but he made a major impact with Joel Embiid, taking Philadelphia to seven games in the Western Conference Semifinals in the game remembered for Kawhi Leonard’s game-winning shot.
Since injuring his knee against the Golden State Warriors last year, Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid has been on a long road to recovery. Now two-thirds of the way through this season, the All-Star big man opened up on dealing with some limitations.
The 76ers on Saturday finally got to revel in a victorious locker room for the first time since Feb. 4, after topping the Golden State Warriors to snap their nine-game losing skid that overlapped the All-Star break.
Nick Nurse expressed disappointment with 76ers center Joel Embiid being sidelined for the remainder of the season. “Not what we hoped,” the coach said before Saturday’s game against the Golden State Warriors at the Wells Fargo Center.
Joel Embiid is done for the season, at last shut down following the lingering effects of knee surgery. But plenty of hard questions remain in Philadelphia.
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