Multiple Sixers single out Paul George after big road win over Hornets
Multiple members of the Philadelphia 76ers single out Paul George after a big road win over the Charlotte Hornets.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. -- The Philadelphia 76ers handled business on Saturday as they rallied to knock off the Charlotte Hornets 118-114 .
The win moves the Sixers now two games ahead of the Hornets and they now own the all-important tiebreaker at this stage of the season. A big reason for that was the play of Paul George. The 9-time All-Star made some huge shots in the third quarter to keep the Sixers afloat when the Hornets went on a big run to build a 15-point lead and he made the go-ahead 3 with 1:04 left to lift the Sixers to the win.
He was terrific on both ends of the floor and he received a lot of love from his teammates. Joel Embiid and others said a lot about George after the big win: Embiid on George "It was good, especially because, obviously, as I keep getting my legs under me, I needed to catch my second wind a little bit in that third quarter. Especially, after exerting a lot of energy in the first half.
So it was good for someone, and he was that someone to kind of keep us afloat. " Andre Drummond on George "Yeah, get a rhythm. Yeah.