Okafor has 22 points and 17 rebounds as 76ers beat Nets 103-98
Jahlil Okafor had 22 points (18 in the paint) and a career-high 17 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Brooklyn Nets 103-98 to end a 4-game losing streak.
Robert Covington’s 3-pointer put the 76ers ahead for good with 1:16 left in the fourth quarter.
The Nets had the ball down 3 with 7.6 seconds left, but T.J. McConnell stole the ball from Shane Larkin. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the 76ers outscored the Nets 17-10. Covington scored 6 of the 76ers’ 17 on 1 for 1 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, McConnell had 2 steals in 22 seconds, the first leading to Nerlens Noel’s dunk and the second to Covington’s free throws.
For the Nets, Thaddeus Young had 22 points (20 in the paint) and 10 rebounds on 10 for 15 shooting. Markel Brown scored 15 points off the bench.
The 76ers shot 46.9% from the field and 34.5% from 3 to the Nets’ 46.1% and 33.3%. The Nets turned it over 19 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. They did not make a field goal in the last 4:24.