Philadelphia 76ers Secure Impressive Win in Cleveland Over Cavs
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00:03 Let's flip it over to Cleveland last night.
00:04 Coming in as the hottest team in the NBA.
00:06 The Philadelphia 76ers limping around, obviously without Joel Embiid.
00:10 And who knows when he's actually gonna come back and rejoin the Sixers.
00:12 So their goal right now is to just make the playoffs and
00:15 hope Embiid can come back refreshed and ready there.
00:17 But they pick up a 123-120 win in Cleveland.
00:21 An upset outright victory over the Cavaliers,
00:24 roughly favored by double digits at game time last night.
00:27 Buddy Heal chipped in with 24 points, the same for Kelly Oubre Jr.
00:30 And also Tyrese Maxey, 22.
00:32 Balanced scoring effort for the Sixers here.
00:35 But if you flip it over, Spider Mitchell did as much as he could for
00:38 the Cleveland Cavaliers.
00:39 36 points on 9 of 20 shooting,
00:42 which included 14 of 17 from the free throw line.
00:45 Big time win for the Philadelphia 76ers here, Davis.
00:49 >> Huge win.
00:50 Look, I said it.
00:50 I think Buddy Heal is just a really smart acquisition.
00:54 That's just what Darryl Morey does, right?
00:56 The cost was very low.
00:58 No one was begging to get Buddy Heal on their team.
01:01 For example, Oklahoma City acquired Gordon Hayward.
01:05 I would have preferred, as an Oklahoma City Thunder fan, for them to get Buddy.
01:08 I think he just, I think in the playoffs and in tight spots like this,
01:13 where sometimes, Donnie, basketball is a simple game.
01:16 You just need someone who wants to get buckets.
01:18 Like, you gotta put the biscuit in the basket to win games.
01:22 And with all these guys, I mean, the 76ers are so banged up.
01:26 Batum is out.
01:27 Covington is out.
01:28 And Bede is out.
01:29 Their rotation is down.
01:30 So, you know, they were starting KJ Martin and Paul Reed.
01:33 They got Mo Bamba and Campaign coming off the bench.
01:37 And Buddy just went and got buckets.
01:38 Kelly O'Brier, too.
01:39 41 minutes, made 10 of his 14 shots.
01:43 Like, it just, they just kind of coalesced for this game.
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