Philadelphia 76ers vs Portland Trail Blazers Match Player Stats On Dec 28, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 29, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. -- CJ McCollum scored 34 points as the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-110 Thursday night at Moda Center.

Shabazz Napier added a season-high 23 points and Jusuf Nurkic collected 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Trail Blazers (18-16), who snapped a six-game home losing streak.

Joel Embiid scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Dario Saric chipped in 25 points and nine boards for the 76ers (15-19), who lost for the sixth time in seven outings.

The Sixers outscored the Blazers 27-8 over the first eight minutes of the third quarter to go in front 78-60. Philly took an 85-72 lead into the final period.

With Napier leading the way, Portland used a 19-0 run to take a 93-88 lead with 6:18 to go.

The Blazers' edge was 103-93 after Moe Harkless' jumper with 3:31 to play.

Philly answered with back-to-back 3-pointers by JJ Redick and Embiid to make it 103-99 inside the final two minutes.

Nurkic made a pair at the foul line to give Portland a 105-99 lead with 1:44 to go. McCollum's jumper upped the margin to 107-99, but Saric knocked down a 3-pointer to trim the difference to 107-102. McCollum hit two free throws, but Embiid's 3 cut the 76ers' deficit to 109-105 with 18 seconds left.

McCollum sank a pair of free throws for a 111-105 advantage with 13.4 seconds remaining, but Embiid banked in a 3-pointer from the top to cut it to 111-108 with 9.8 seconds to go.

McCollum hit a technical free throw with 9.2 seconds to play. Pat Connaughton wrapped things up for Portland with two foul shots with 5.3 ticks left, giving the Trail Blazers a five-point lead.

McCollum scored 18 points as the Blazers seized a 52-51 advantage at halftime. Embiid scored 15 for the 76ers in the half.

Philadelphia jumped to a 19-12 lead. McCollum scored 14 points to draw Portland to within 30-27 after one quarter.

NOTES: Portland outscored Philadelphia 42-25 in the fourth quarter. It was the Blazers' highest-scoring quarter of the season. ... Portland G Damian Lillard (hamstring) missed his third straight game. Portland F Noah Vonleh (finger) missed his second straight game. ... The 76ers lost despite shooting 50 percent (16 for 32) from 3-point range.