Maxey shakes off bloody nose from flagrant foul, leads 76ers over Hornets, 109-98

PHILADELPHIA - - — Tyrese Maxey shook off a horrendous nose brought about by Brandon Mill operator's glaring foul to score 30 focuses, Kelly Oubre Jr. contributed 22 and the Phladelphia 76ers endured a final quarter charge to beat the Charlotte Hornets 109-98 on Saturday night.

"I'm OK," Maxey said of the second-quarter hit. "I let everybody know that I'm a warrior, so what will be will be. However, be that as it may, I will take UFC examples."

Mate Hield had 14 focuses and Paul Reed added 11 for the 76ers (37-30), who have battled with a 8-13 record since Joel Embiid's meniscus injury toward the finish of January to fall into seventh spot in the Eastern Meeting after Saturday night, seriously endangering them of partaking in the play-in competition.

"I thought Amigo pushed us along there for extends in the last part," Philadelphia mentor Scratch Medical caretaker said. "He got a few decent spots and got a few decent looks. We just scored 109 focuses, however I thought the offense was great."

Tre Mann had 21 focuses, Davis Bertans had 16 and Miles Scaffolds added 14 as six players scored in twofold figures for Charlotte (17-51), which has lost six directly to Philadelphia and nine of its last 12 generally speaking.

"We were not too far off with three and a half minutes left," Hornets mentor Steve Clifford said. "We had a couple blown sets where we got a little disordered there, however we got once more into the game and I would agree that that we played well for around 43 minutes. The subsequent quarter, we two or three minutes there where the ball didn't raise a ruckus around town and we made a couple alright efforts and put a ton of squeeze on the safeguard."

The Hornets had followed for the vast majority of the evening, however took a 89-88 lead after two free tosses by Extensions covered a 18-9 run with around five minutes remaining. After that point, Maxey and Oubre took control in all out attack mode end, heading to the bushel and through the Hornets guard.

"It as a rule boils down to shot-production and quit making," Medical caretaker said. "We had the option to do both successively there as of now of the game. We had two or three great shots, got an and-one and got to the foul line toward the finish of the game. And afterward we were adequate at the guarded finish to make a few stops there toward the finish of the game."

Without Embiid, the Sixers have battled to finish off games with the majority of the weight falling on Maxey, the watchman who made his most memorable Elite player group.

"I should be forceful and figure out how to get my colleagues required too," Maxey said. "I really want to advise them to make the efforts they have and to continue to bring forceful in each of the four quarters. There's been a couple of times in the final quarter (without Embiid) where I couldn't finish the game off on the grounds that I applied a great deal of energy in the initial 3/4. Presently, I need to figure out how to be the best player I could be for every one of the 48 minutes."

Philadelphia was likewise without power forward Tobias Harris, who was sidelined with a left lower leg injury supported on Thursday night in a 114-105 misfortune at Milwaukee.

Charlotte played the last part without Mill operator, the No. 2 pick in the draft, who was shot out following a Glaring 2 in the second quarter for an elbow that associated with Maxey's head in all out attack mode end of the floor. Mill operator got done with six focuses and three fouls quickly.

Maxey said later he "realize that Brandon Mill operator didn't do that deliberately."

UP NEXT Hornets: At Orlando on Tuesday night

76ers: Hosts Miami on Monday night