The game between the San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers will take place at AT&T Center on Friday, February 3 at 8:00 PM ET.
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The San Antonio Spurs will welcome the Philadelphia 76ers to AT&T Center for an NBA game on Friday. The Spurs lost 109-119 in their last game over the Kings. The Spurs, who have lost 12 of 13, were led by a season-high 22 points from rookie Malaki Branham. But already without Devin Vassell, the Spurs lost starters Tre Jones and Jeremy Sochan to injury in the first quarter.
Even without three of its top six scorers, San Antonio kept pace with Sacramento’s league-leading offense for most of the game. Josh Richardson added 19 points for the Spurs in his return after missing three games with a sore left knee. The Spurs pulled within three points twice in the third quarter and cut the deficit to 89-88 two minutes into the fourth on Doug McDermott’s cutting layup. But the Kings responded each time with a short run to maintain their advantage.
“They do it every game,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. “They stick with it and they play hard every game. One out of every 10 or so, we might lay and egg, but everybody else does the same thing. I have always been pleased with their effort and their stick-to-itiveness.”
The 76ers on the other hand won 105-94 against the Magic in their last game. James Harden refused to stump for an all All-Star bid. After another standout game in a Philadelphia 76ers win in which he fell one rebound shy of a triple-double, Harden can let his statistics sell his candidacy.
Joel Embiid had 28 points and 11 rebounds, Harden added 26 points and 10 assists and the 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 105-94 on Wednesday night. The NBA will reveal, on Thursday, the 14 players — seven from the Eastern Conference, seven more from the Western Conference — who got picked to be reserves for the All-Star Game. The reserves are selected by coaches voting for players in their conference.
Embiid figures to be among those selected. Harden might be left out because of a crowded group of stars in the East. “If my name is called, great,” Harden said. “If not, bigger and better goals for the season.” The Sixers split the home-and-home set this week with Orlando. The Magic stormed back from a 21-point, first-quarter deficit to beat the 76ers 119-109 on Monday night. That loss ended the 76ers’ seven-game winning streak.
San Antonio Spurs: Keldon Johnson, Jeremy Sochan, Jakob Poeltl, Keita Bates-Diop, Tre Jones
Philadelphia 76ers: Tobias Harris, P. J. Tucker, Joel Embiid, James Harden, De’Anthony Melton
San Antonio Spurs: Romeo Langford, Jeremy Sochan, Tre Jones, Devin Vassell
Philadelphia 76ers: Joel Embiid
The game between the San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers will take place at AT&T Center on Friday, February 3 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers will be telecast live on Bally Sports Southwest, Fox Sports Southwest, NBC Sports Philadelphia.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Southwest, Fox Sports Southwest, NBC Sports Philadelphia. | February 3 (8:00 PM ET) |
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