{"id":693594,"date":"2026-04-02T09:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693594\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:46:19","slug":"paul-george-scores-39-points-in-the-76ers-153-131-win-over-the-wizards-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693594\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul George scores 39 points in the 76ers’ 153-131 win over the Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Paul George<\/a> scored a season-high 39 points and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame Joel Embiid’s<\/a> absence because of an illness in a 153-131 victory over the Washington Wizards<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia moved into sixth place in the Eastern Conference, matching Toronto at 42-34 but holding the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n

George played his fourth game following a 25-game suspension for violating the NBA<\/a>\u2019s anti-drug rules, He was 15 of 22 from the field, made 6 of 12 3-pointers and had six assists and five rebounds.<\/p>\n

Tyrese Maxey<\/a> added 28 points and nine assists in his third game back from a finger injury, and rookie VJ Edgecombe<\/a> had 23 points and 10 assists.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia’s starters combined to shoot 45 of 65 from the floor (69.2%) and helped score 47 third-quarter points, the second-most Washington allowed in any period this season.<\/p>\n

Anthony Gill<\/a> scored a career-best 21 points for the Wizards as they fell into last place in the NBA all alone after beginning the night tied with Indiana. Washington has lost four in a row and 20 of 21.<\/p>\n

After a first half with five ties and four lead changes, the 76ers pulled away with a 24-4 run early in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia topped 150 points for the second straight Wednesday after beating Chicago 157-137 at home a week ago. The 76ers swept the four-game season series and are 11-1 in their last 12 against Washington.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

76ers: Host Minnesota on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Wizards: At Miami on Saturday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Paul George scored a season-high 39 points and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame Joel Embiid’s absence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10685,7,79016,936,1407,6,12,526,1263,971,468],"class_list":{"0":"post-693594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-anthony-gill","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-event_recap","11":"tag-joel-embiid","12":"tag-national-basketball-association","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-draft","15":"tag-paul-george","16":"tag-tyrese-maxey","17":"tag-vj-edgecombe","18":"tag-washington-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116334479786425625","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}