United States of America
National Basketball Association
Saturday 2nd March 2019
Tip Off 20.30
Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 120, attendance 20,624
76ers Starters :
Jonah Bolden : 12 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk
Tobias Harris : 20 pts, 9 reb, 3 ast
Ben Simmons : 25 pts, 15 reb, 11 ast, 3 stl
Jimmy Butler : 21 pts, 9 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk
J. J. Redick : 6 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast
Used bench :
Mike Scott, Jonathon Simmons, T. J. McConnell
Warriors Starters :
Draymond Green : 6 pts, 9 reb, 10 ast, 3 stl
Kevin Durant : 34 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast
Alfonzo McKinnie : 0 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast
DeMarcus Cousins : 25 pts, 8 reb, 2 stl, 1 blk
Stephen Curry : 28 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast, 4 stl
Used bench :
Jordan Bell, Jonas Jerebko, Quinn Cook, Shaun Livingston, Damion Lee, Andre Iguodala
@ Wells Fargo Center
3601 South Broad Street
Philadelphia
PA 19148
Admission $170 + $28 fees, Resale, Print at Home Ticket
No Programme.
The Wells Fargo Center was opened in 1996 and has a capacity of 20,478, but with additional standing tickets available in the executive boxes this can increase by another couple of hundred. It is also home to the NHL team Philadelphia Flyers. It is located at South Philadelphia Sports Complex, which is also home to the NFL and MLB stadiums of Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Phillies respectively. The complex is at the end of the Broad Street Line on the underground, which is NRG Station. It costs $2.50 each way from central Philadelphia.
With the current NBA champions being the visitors, it meant that ticket prices were astronomical, but readily available through the resale outlets. Unfortunately, the main man for the 76ers, Joel Embiid, was missing his fifth consecutive match through injury, although this was offset by Klay Thompson being absent for the Warriors as he was nursing a knee injury picked up in the game with Orlando Magic on Thursday night.
This was in the balance right to the end as the lead changed hands fourteen times and eleven times it was all square. The 76ers had a chance to level it up with 1.7 seconds left on the clock, but lost possession and their chance of taking it to overtime was gone. Once again Durant and Curry led the scoring for the Warriors, with an impressive 25 points also scored by Cousins. Ben Simmons top scored for the 76ers with 25 points as part of a triple double.
The win leaves Golden State Warriors top of the Western Conference, although they are being pushed all the way by Denver Nuggets. Philadelphia remain fourth in the Eastern Conference.
