James Harden hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime and scored 42 points to help Philadelphia stave off a wild Boston comeback in Game 4.
Jaylen Brown said his poor defensive read when he ditched Harden to try and double Joel Embiid was a pivotal moment.
Boston’s fun began in the fourth when Smart and Brown buried consecutive 3-pointers and Tatum attacked the rim for a bucket that wiped out an eight-point hole in 90 seconds. Al Horford put them ahead 98-90 – on a possession that started on the other end when Tyrese Maxey had his shot blocked – and shimmied for the crowd as boos rained on him.
Embiid, the NBA MVP who had 34 points and 13 rebounds, kept his composure and eventually got to the line to sink two free throws with 59 seconds left and the season in the balance. “I guess I’ve got to demand the ball a little bit more,” he said. “I thought good things happened when I had it in my hands. I thought our offense was OK. We chipped away, we made big-time shots, we got great looks all game long. We just came up short in the end.”
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