Daily News | P.J. Tucker’s shot making comes alive in Sixers’ win over Celtics: ‘We don’t win that game without him’
Joel Embiid leaned to his right from his seat at his locker to quietly compliment P.J. Tucker.76ers
On a night Embiid may have ended the NBA’s Most Valuable Player race by scoring 52 points on a stunning 20-of-25 from the floor and 12-of-13 from the free-throw line performance, the big man’s passes to Tucker arguably clinched the Sixers’ first win this season over a rival that they also will likely face in the playoffs’ second round. Yet Tucker also needed to sink the long-range shots, giving the veteran normally lauded for his dirty work some rare offensive shine.
The Sixers needed that cushion to prevent disaster, after committing a multitude of errors in the final seconds before escaping with the win.Added coach Doc Rivers: “He’s been in big moments. He’s going to shoot it. They were going to help off of him. We said that in a timeout. And he stepped up and made them.”
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