Indiana Pacers vs Philadelphia 76ers Box Score on Nov 03, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 3, 2017

PHILADELPHIA -- J.J. Redick scored a season-high 31 points, including three 3-pointers in the final 2:06, as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Indiana Pacers 121-110 on Friday night to run their winning streak to four.

Redick, signed as a free agent in the offseason after four seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers, nailed 11 of 19 of shots, including 8 of 12 3-point attempts. His 3-pointer with 2:06 left snapped a 110-110 tie and triggered a game-ending 11-0 rush.

After a Pacers turnover, he connected on an off-balance 3-pointer from the right wing as the shot clock expired, making it 116-110 with 1:08 remaining. Indiana again came up empty, and this time Redick hit from the left wing to put the Sixers up by nine with 46.3 seconds to play.

Robert Covington contributed 22 points and rookie Ben Simmons fashioned his second career triple-double for the Sixers, who last won four in a row from Dec. 29, 2013 to Jan. 4, 2014. Now 5-4 this season, they were last over .500 on Nov. 13, 2013, also at 5-4.

Simmons finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. He also added three steals and three blocks.

Joel Embiid collected 18 points, nine boards and five assists for Philadelphia.

Victor Oladipo had 31 points to lead Indiana, which saw a three-game winning streak end. Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in 21 points, and ex-Sixer Thaddeus Young contributed 15.

Philadelphia trailed by nine early in the third quarter before going on a 28-10 run featuring a three-point play by Embiid and some scalding outside shooting. The Sixers nailed five 3-pointers in that six-minute stretch -- three by Redick and two by Covington to go up 84-75 with?4:54 left in the period.

After Indiana closed to within one, Sixers backup guard Jerryd Bayless nailed a jumper with less than a second left in the quarter to give Philadelphia a 92-89 cushion entering the fourth quarter.

NOTES: Pacers C Myles Turner had 11 points off the bench. ... Sixers G-F Ben Simmons said before the game he hopes to play for his native country, Australia, in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo -- "if everything plays out well and goes the right way." ... Sixers C-F Richaun Holmes, who missed the first eight games while recovering from a broken wrist, had six points and five rebounds off the bench in his season debut. ... Pacers F T.J. Leaf sprained his left ankle in the second quarter and did not return. ... Philadelphia C Joel Embiid was assessed a flagrant foul-1 when he hit Indiana G Joe Young on the head as he dropped in a layup late in the first quarter. ... The Pacers continue to be without G-F Glenn Robinson III (ankle surgery) and G Edmond Sumner (knee surgery).