MILWAUKEE (AP) — Quentin Grimes led Philadelphia with 22 points off the bench in a productive performance as the 76ers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-101 on Friday night.
Paul George scored 20 points and Jabari Walker scored a season-high 18 points off the bench as the Sixers beat the Golden State Warriors 99-98 on Thursday for the second straight night.
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Philadelphia’s reserves scored 61 points, making up for the fact that Milwaukee held Tyrese Maxey to a season-low 12 points.
Neither team has a former league MVP on the floor.
Giannis Antetokounmpo strained his right calf in the first few minutes of the Milwaukee Bucks’ 113-109 victory over the Detroit Bucks on Wednesday and was sidelined. For the second straight night the 76ers played, Philadelphia rested Joel Embiid.
Bucks coach Rivers said before Friday’s game that he expected Antetokounmpo to miss about four weeks.
Milwaukee’s AJ Green left the game in the second quarter with a shoulder injury.
The Bucks’ Bobby Portis scored 22 points, Kevin Porter Jr. scored 20 points, and Myles Turner scored 19 points.
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About seven minutes after the game started, the 76ers went on a 15-2 run and Philadelphia led 28-15. Jared McCain hit two 3-pointers in that drive.
Philadelphia held the lead the rest of the way and led by 26 points in the second quarter.
With 4:16 left in the game, Portis hit a corner three-pointer to cut Philadelphia’s lead to 103-94, and Milwaukee narrowed the deficit to single digits for the first time since the first quarter.
After Ryan Rollins stole the ball on Philadelphia’s ensuing possession, the ball returned to Portis, who drove to the rim but couldn’t finish. Maxey scored on a field goal with 3:45 left, and the 76ers maintained a double-digit advantage the rest of the game.
Next
76ers: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
Bucks: At Detroit on Saturday night.
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