{"id":694274,"date":"2026-04-02T17:15:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694274\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:15:35","slug":"paul-george-scores-39-points-to-lead-76ers-over-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694274\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul George scores 39 points to lead 76ers over Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Paul George scored a season-high 39 points and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame Joel Embiid\u2019s absence because of an illness in a 153-131 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia moved into sixth place in the Eastern Conference, matching Toronto at 42-34 but holding the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p>George played his fourth game following a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-paul-george-suspension-6366e5e85bede589970ada95a9e73709?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">25-game suspension<\/a> for violating the NBA\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<p>Tyrese Maxey added 28 points and nine assists in his third game back from a finger injury, and rookie VJ Edgecombe had 23 points and 10 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia\u2019s 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<p>Anthony Gill 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<p>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<p>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<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>76ers: Host Minnesota on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Wizards: At Miami on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Paul George scored a season-high 39 points and the Philadelphia 76ers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,6,678,207,3817,66,7464],"class_list":{"0":"post-694274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","13":"tag-philadelphia76ers","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-top-stories-tmc"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116336245081983674","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694274","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=694274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}