Usually, overtime is a place where underdogs go to die, but on Wednesday the 76ers forced overtime in order to live. With the clock winding down and Philadelphia down by three Joel Embiid had the ball in the low post and Bojan Bogdanovic on him. Realizing the situation Embiid scrambled out to the wing, pumped and put up a 3-point attempt that tied the game with 5.9 seconds left. Philadelphia would go on to win in overtime 131-123, dropping Utah to 3-4 SU and ATS in their last seven games before the All-Star Break.
The victory was not without controversy though. Late in the fourth quarter Royce O’Neale seemingly saved a ball from going out of bounds which led to Utah score, but that was overturned. Donovan Mitchell was called for an offensive foul late when he went into Ben Simmons’ body and spun off, but replay showed Simmons potentially holding Mitchell’s left arm….
