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SportsLine's computer model simulated Portland Trail Blazers vs. Philadelphia 76ers 10000 times and revealed its NBA picks today.

- Blazers vs. The Blazers are in the top eight of the NBA in offensive efficiency, scoring 115.8 points per 100 possessions, and that jumps to 119.7 points per 100 possessions over the last 20 games. The 76ers are in the top eight of the NBA in defensive efficiency, giving up fewer than 1.13 points per possession. Philadelphia is 21-12-1 against the spread in home games this season, out-scoring opponents by 5.5 points per 100 possessions. The Blazers are also in the top quartile of the league in free throw creation (25.3 attempts per game), and Philadelphia is below-average in both free throw prevention (24.0 attempts allowed per game) and fast break points allowed (15.9 per game). Blazers](https://www.sportsline.com/nba/game-forecast/NBA_20230310_POR@PHI/) and just locked in its picks and NBA predictions. Here are several [NBA odds](https://www.sportsline.com/nba/odds/futures/) and betting lines for Blazers vs. In the last 19 games, Lillard is averaging 38.3 points per game while shooting 50.1% from the field and 40.5% from 3-point range, raising the ceiling of Portland's offense with individual brilliance. [Portland Trail Blazers](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/POR/portland-trail-blazers/) visit Wells Fargo Center to meet the [Philadelphia 76ers](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/PHI/philadelphia-76ers/) on Friday night. [NBA](/nba/) game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated [NBA picks](https://www.sportsline.com/nba/picks/) over the past four-plus seasons. Before making any 76ers vs. Portland is 31-35 overall, including 14-20 in road games, and the Blazers aim to avenge a loss to Philadelphia on Jan.

Joel Embiid made a fade-away jumper from the foul line with 1.1 seconds left to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 120-119 comeback victory over the Portland ...

“You can’t trap Lillard and Simons when they are both on the floor, but you can trap Simons when Lillard was off. After surrendering 71 points in the first half, Philadelphia made a defensive switch at the start of the second half with Embiid moving to a roving mode out to the perimeter and P.J. “For the most part, we had a great game,” Simons said. “We played a tough game and we played physical,” Lillard said. “Down 20, guys could have been saying the game is over and we moved on to the next one,” Embiid said. “As I dribbled, I knew I had to step back,” Embiid said.

The Portland Trail Blazers are in the City of Brotherly Love tonight to face the Philadelphia 76ers.

This is the Game Day Thread. - The commenting system was updated during the summer. [Philadelphia 76ers](https://www.libertyballers.com) - Friday, March 10 - 4:00 p.m.

Joel Embiid hit game-winning jumper to lift Sixers and spoil Matisse Thybulle's homecoming ... Embiid's led all scorers with 39 points in the win over the ...

But he scooped up the number after being traded to Portland. He wanted to wear it as a Sixer to continue honoring his Elizabeth, who died on Feb. 22 for 2+2 for the Sixers because No. Embiid got the ball after the timeout and gave the Sixers their first lead of the game. Thybulle received a standing ovation from a large portion of the sellout crowd. He checked back into the game with 5:43 before intermission. After Tyrese Maxey knotted the score, Nurkić scored on a three-point play to give Portland a 119-116 advantage. It’s like a bit of an out-of-body experience,” Thybulle said of returning to face his former team for the first time since being traded to the Blazers on Feb. He provided solid defense playing in the front of the Blazers’ zone. But Damian Lillard drained a corner jumper over Embiid to put the Blazers up two points with 1:20 to play. Anfernee Simons finished with 34 points while making 8 of 12 three-pointers after missing the last four games with a sprained right ankle. The Sixers battled back from a 21-point deficit to improve to 44-22 and extend their winning streak to four games.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid made a fadeaway jumper from the foul line with 1.1 seconds left to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 120-119 comeback victory ...

Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 32 points, but missed several key shots down the stretch. 7 in the East. Atlanta is in eighth place, and the Wizards are a half-game up on Chicago for 10th. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference. The Wizards trailed by just three when Bradley Beal came up empty trying for a quick 2-pointer. Embiid scored 39 points, shaking off a double-team from Jusuf Nurkic and Damian Lillard on the winner.

Despite getting tossed from a preseason game for fighting in 1983, Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird always had respect for NBA officials.

Lost in the fight was the fact the NBA’s referees had been locked out. “They’re not watching off the ball.” Chambers said. The rivalry peaked in October 1983 when the teams met in a preseason game that [included fights and early ejections,](https://www.sportscasting.com/red-auerbachs-temper-got-best-of-him-challenged-moses-malone-fight-punched-the-hawks-owner/) one by Celtics star [Larry Bird.](https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/larry-bird) The problem was that the season hadn’t even started. But individually, it’s hard to lay altercations off on the replacements.” “I don’t think they’re asking for enough, and I guess I’ve always been a union man. The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers met in October 1983 and played as if the season was on the line. Buck Williams and Lonnie Shelton took swings at each other during an early-season game in New Jersey. While Bird got the heave-ho during the meaningless game, he never blamed the refs. Bird and Sixers forward Marc Iavaroni were ejected for fighting. Heated fights continued for the first couple of months of that 1983-84 season as the NBA locked out its officials. [Boston Celtics](https://www.sportscasting.com/tag/boston-celtics) and Philadelphia 76ers had some fierce battles in the early 1980s.

Coach Doc Rivers said it wasn't the 76ers' night Friday against Portland -- that is until Joel Embiid drained a fadeaway jumper with 1.1 seconds remaining ...

I saw us coming down the floor and I loved how it looked, the spacing, and when he bobbled the ball and crumbled, I knew we had to get a timeout, and then we got a set." The play Rivers originally drew up was for Embiid to either execute a dribble handoff with Harden, or fake it and attack the defense himself. In the past, Embiid would've gone into the post -- and, as a result, given teams an easier opportunity to double-team him. The only other center to have that many since the NBA-ABA merger is "Seeing what works and what doesn't. "It was a disaster," Rivers said with a laugh, when asked why he called timeout. Our presence in the paint, and we gave ourselves a really good chance to win the game. "We played really well on both ends of the floor. The game felt good, just how we played on both sides. We looked like we were in mud in the first half on both ends. Portland, meanwhile, saw a golden opportunity to move up the Western Conference standings slip through its fingers. "We got some stops.

Joel Embiid made a fadeaway jumper from the foul line with 1.1 seconds left to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 120-119 comeback victory over the Portland ...

Atlanta is in eighth place, and the Wizards are a half-game up on Chicago for 10th. 7 in the East. Scottie Barnes scored 20 of his career-high 32 points in the second half, and O.G. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference. Austin Reaves scored 18 points while Rui Hachimura and Jarred Vanderbilt added 16 apiece as the Lakers extended their impressive recent surge even with little contribution this time from Anthony Davis. Embiid scored 39 points, shaking off a double-team from Jusuf Nurkic and Damian Lillard on the winner.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid made a fade-away jumper from the foul line with 1.1 seconds left to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 120-119 comeback victory ...

“You can’t trap Lillard and Simons when they are both on the floor, but you can trap Simons when Lillard was off. After surrendering 71 points in the first half, Philadelphia made a defensive switch at the start of the second half with Embiid moving to a roving mode out to the perimeter and P.J. “For the most part, we had a great game,” Simons said. “We played a tough game and we played physical,” Lillard said. “Down 20, guys could have been saying the game is over and we moved on to the next one,” Embiid said. “As I dribbled, I knew I had to step back,” Embiid said.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid made a fadeaway jumper from the foul line with 1.1 seconds left to give the Philadelphia 76ers a 120-119 comeback victory ...

Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 32 points, but missed several key shots down the stretch. 7 in the East. Atlanta is in eighth place, and the Wizards are a half-game up on Chicago for 10th. 3 spot in the Eastern Conference. The Wizards trailed by just three when Bradley Beal came up empty trying for a quick 2-pointer. Embiid scored 39 points, shaking off a double-team from Jusuf Nurkic and Damian Lillard on the winner.

Embiid's big shot to beat the Portland Trail Blazers capped an undefeated week for the Sixers, who have won 10 of their past 13 games.

… We talked for like five minutes [and said], ‘Hey, I’m a big fan, da, da, da.’ And then I said, ‘Hey, can you put Austin back on the phone?’ But the dazzling post-shootaround work was a precursor to a historic performance. Harden entered Saturday continuing to lead the NBA in assists, with 10.8 per game. They have bonded over their similarly relentless work ethics and in carving out rotation roles as young players on a win-now team. “Had enough space to really get wherever I wanted,” Embiid said from his locker, feet in the ice bucket. The coach also commended James Harden’s “hell of a read” before Embiid’s make when, after the inbound pass, the savvy Harden decided not to move toward Embiid for a fake dribble-handoff and instead cut to provide Embiid with room to operate. Then, he encouraged teammate De’Anthony Melton to “tell P. About two months ago, Rivers said, he called son, Minnesota guard Austin Rivers, following a game. They enter Saturday 1½ games behind the Boston Celtics for second place in the Eastern Conference standings. Harden’s 20 assists made him the first player in Sixers history to record that total in at least two games in a single season. Then, Embiid’s shot — which occurred after Rivers called timeout to set up the final play when the organic possession turned clunky — became another example of his development while playing from the nail and elbow. That’s a perfect spot, honestly.”

The win, Philadelphia's fifth in six games since the calendar flipped to March, came after the 76ers (44-22) were dominated by the Trail Blazers (31-36), who ...

I saw us coming down the floor and I loved how it looked, the spacing, and when he bobbled the ball and crumbled, I knew we had to get a timeout, and then we got a set." The play Rivers originally drew up was for Embiid to either execute a dribble handoff with Harden, or fake it and attack the defense himself. In the past, Embiid would've gone into the post -- and, as a result, given teams an easier opportunity to double-team him. The only other center to have that many since the NBA-ABA merger is "Seeing what works and what doesn't. "It was a disaster," Rivers said with a laugh, when asked why he called timeout. Our presence in the paint, and we gave ourselves a really good chance to win the game. "We played really well on both ends of the floor. The game felt good, just how we played on both sides. We looked like we were in mud in the first half on both ends. Portland, meanwhile, saw a golden opportunity to move up the Western Conference standings slip through its fingers. "We got some stops.

Joel Embiid after hitting the game-winning shot: "I think I'm unguardable ... "

“I think a lot of guys are in the league for a reason,” Lillard said. Best of the Best: The victory pulled the third-place Sixers are, once again, 1½ games behind the second-place Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference standings . The Blazers reserve guard was a minus-19 in 17:14. “He pressured the ball,” Rivers said. And Lillard basically did the same afterward. “It’s hard being in this league fighting, trying to earn your stay, and you’re in an environment where people don’t believe in you. “He was like, ‘The cat’s out of the bag, brother.’ That’s what he [Tucker] kept saying, ‘You played amazing defense.’ Veterans in your locker room are so important. They did a solid job in the fourth quarter, holding the Blazers to 38.9% shooting - including going 1 of 6 on three-pointers. The shooting guard struggled to defend Portland guard Anfernee Simons early on. He had 35 points and eight rebounds against the Dallas Mavericks (March 2). There was a point in the season when Maxey was viewed as a defensive liability. Friday marked the fifth straight game in which he scored at least 30 points while shooting at least 50%.