Maxey has career-high 44; Embiid (knee) out

TORONTO -- Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 44 points, carrying the Philadelphia 76ers without Joel Embiid to a 112-90 triumph implicit the Toronto Raptors connected Friday night.

Embiid sat retired due to the fact that of a sore close knee. A five-time All Star and the reigning NBA scoring champion, Embiid is averaging 27.6 points and 10 rebounds successful 5 games.

The 76ers didn't miss Embiid and didn't adjacent request overmuch from James Harden due to the fact that of Maxey, who made his archetypal 10 shots, 7 of them from agelong range, and didn't miss until a 3-pointer rimmed retired with 8 minutes near successful the 3rd quarter.

"I conscionable cognize however bully we tin be, I cognize however talented we are, but we've got to lucifer our endowment with the vigor that we play with, and antiaircraft tenacity," Maxey said. "Tonight we knew it was going to beryllium highly hard without Joel. That made guys measurement up, that made guys bash things they don't usually do."

Maxey changeable 15 for 20 overall, going a career-best 9 for 12 from outside.

"Rese didn't miss," 76ers defender Matisse Thybulle said. "They conscionable kept going in."

Maxey had 8 rebounds, 4 assists and was 5 for 6 astatine the escaped propulsion line.

"I thought helium was awesome," 76ers manager Doc Rivers said. "He led america successful rebounds."

De'Anthony Melton and Tobias Harris each scored 13 points and Harden had 11 arsenic the 76ers ne'er trailed and won for the 2nd clip successful six games, splitting a brace northbound of the borderline against their Atlantic Division rivals.

"We're not adjacent to wherever we privation to be," Rivers said, "and we're going to person immoderate bumps aboriginal and we cognize that. But erstwhile we get there, we're going to beryllium a truly bully hoops team."

Pascal Siakam had 26 points and 10 rebounds, O.G. Anunoby scored 19 points and Scottie Barnes had 13 for the Raptors, who mislaid for the archetypal clip successful 3 location games. Toronto's 90 points were a play low.

"We were truly locked successful connected the antiaircraft end," Maxey said.

Raptors All Star defender Fred VanVleet changeable 0 for 11, going 0 for 8 from 3-point range. VanVleet scored 1 point.

"We conscionable weren't precise crisp astatine either end," Raptors manager Nick Nurse said.

Maxey was 5 for 5 successful the first, starting the 4th with 4 consecutive 3-pointers and ending it with a buzzer-beating changeable to springiness the 76ers a 28-26 lead. Philadelphia made 7 of 14 from agelong scope successful the first.

Maxey made 5 much shots successful the second, 2 of them from distance, and Harden scored 8 points to springiness the visitors a 65-48 pb astatine the half. The Sixers changeable 15 for 24 successful the second.

"Once you get stops the crippled becomes mode easier, honestly, not conscionable for myself, for each of us," Maxey said.

Anunoby chopped it to 70-64 with a bargain and dunk with 4:09 near successful the third, but Maxey replied with 4 points arsenic Philadelphia took an 81-70 pb to the fourth.

TIP-INS

76ers: Melton started with Embiid out. ... After shooting 25 for 44 successful the archetypal half, Philadelphia changeable 6 for 20 successful the 3rd quarter. ... Maxey's erstwhile vocation precocious was 39, acceptable against Denver connected Jan. 9, 2021.

Raptors: Toronto made 10 turnovers successful the archetypal half, starring to 18 points for the 76ers. The Raptors didn't marque a first-half turnover successful Wednesday's 119-109 triumph implicit Philadelphia, and had 9 successful the game. They had 17 Friday. ... Toronto didn't people a seat constituent successful the archetypal half. ... F Otto Porter Jr. (personal reasons) was not available.

UP NEXT

76ers: Visit Chicago connected Saturday night.

Raptors: Host Atlanta connected Monday night.