Joel Embiid, returning to the line-up after missing Game 3 with his ongoing knee problem, led the Sixers with 31 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and six blocked shots, while Tobias Harris added 24 points.
Mike Scott hit a three-pointer with 18.6 seconds remaining to lift the visiting Philadelphia 76ers past the Brooklyn Nets 112-108 to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference opening-round playoff series on Saturday.
Ben Simmons had 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Philadelphia, who will attempt to seal the series win back on home court on Tuesday.
Caris LeVert led the Nets with 25 points while Jarrett Allen and D’Angelo Russell had 21 apiece for Brooklyn, who were without forward Ed Davis with a sprained right ankle.
Back-to-back three-pointers from Jared Dudley had earlier helped earn the Nets a 63-57 half-time lead, before an ill-tempered third period which saw Embiid given a flagrant for a hard foul on Allen and Dudley and Jimmy Butler ejected for their part in the scuffle that followed.
.@JoelEmbiid returns and goes off for 31 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 blocks in a big Game IV win over Brooklyn! #PhilaUnite | #HereTheyCome pic.twitter.com/AnwfIhyHms
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) April 21, 2019
After the 76ers missed nine of 10 shots, Russell’s deep three-pointer gave Brooklyn a 99-93 advantage.
Game leaders
76ers
- Points: Joel Embiid – 31
- Assists: Ben Simmons – 8
- Rebounds: Joel Embiid – 16
Nets
- Points: Caris LeVert
- Assists: Caris LeVert, D’Angelo Russell – 6
- Rebounds: Jarrett Allen – 8
But Embiid responded with a spinning shot from the post and a vicious dunk as he burst into the paint to make it 101-100 and, after Russell knocked down a jump shot with 1:26 left, JJ Redick then drained a clutch three-pointer to put Philadelphia 107-106 ahead with 50 seconds remaining.
Joe Harris then took a pass from Russell in the lane to get the Nets ahead 108-107 ahead with 25 seconds to go, only for Scott to have the last say and leave Brooklyn with it all to do to stay in the series.