The game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers will take place at Wells Fargo Center on Friday, March 10 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Philadelphia 76ers will welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to Wells Fargo Center for an NBA game on Friday. The Philadelphia 76ers won 94-117 in their last game over the Timberwolves. Joel Embiid scored 39 points, Tyrese Maxey added 27 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-94 on Tuesday night, despite playing without star James Harden.
Harden, the team’s second-leading scorer and NBA assist leader, was held out with left foot soreness. Embiid made up for Harden’s absence, scoring 22 points in the third quarter as Philadelphia pulled away and wrapped up its five-game road trip with a 4-1 mark.
“I take pride every single time I step on the floor, no matter who’s guarding, I feel like I’m unguardable,” Embiid said. “I want to show them that it’s not that easy to guard me.” De’Anthony Melton scored 11 for the 76ers, who recovered from a slow start on the second night of a back-to-back.
The Portland Trail Blazers on the other hand lost 115-93 against the Celtics in their last game. Damian Lillard scored 27 points and had eight assists to lead the Blazers, who dropped to 14-20 on the road. Jerami Grant added 13 points. Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic returned after a 14-game absence with a left calf strain. He’d been sidelined since Feb. 1. He started and had five points and six rebounds in 17 minutes. Portland is 2-2 during its current six-game road trip.
“I don’t think we played great at all,” Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said. “We weren’t committed to playing the right way the entire night. We’ve had a tendency to when things aren’t going well to just kind of throw it to Dame and watch him play. That doesn’t work against good teams.” The Blazers began the night 12th in the Western Conference standings, but very much in contention to make the play-in tournament. They had the same record as the Thunder (11th) and Pelicans (10th), and were just one game behind the ninth-place Lakers.
Philadelphia 76ers: Tobias Harris, P. J. Tucker, Joel Embiid, De’Anthony Melton, Tyrese Maxey
Portland Trail Blazers: Jerami Grant, Matisse Thybulle, Jusuf Nurkić, Cam Reddish, Damian Lillard
Philadelphia 76ers: None
Portland Trail Blazers: Ryan Arcidiacono, Justise Winslow, Anfernee Simons, Ibou Badji
The game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers will take place at Wells Fargo Center on Friday, March 10 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers will be telecast live on NBC Sports Philadelphia, Root Sports Northwest.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NBC Sports Philadelphia, Root Sports Northwest. | March 10 (7:00 PM ET) |
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