Without her freeing the new ‘Big 3’ from the Nets

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Cleveland. Colin Sexton had 25 points and nine assists, Andre Drummond added 19 points and 16 rebounds, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets 125-113 on Friday night.

For the second time in three days, the Cavs were successful against Brooklyn, which played without superstar Kevin Durant. The attacker was absent as a precaution, as he continues to regain his shape after surgery on the right Achilles tendon.

Kyrie Irving had 38 points, while James Harden had 19 points and 11 assists for Brooklyn, which fell 147-135 in double overtime on Wednesday. That was the first game where the Nets had their trio of figures on the field.

Durant had 38 points that day and played 50 minutes, so the Nets decided to let him rest on Friday. Brooklyn will play again this Saturday.

Jarret Allen – taken over from the Nets in a colossal deal with Harden on January 14 – scored 19 points and grabbed six rebounds as a backup. Larry Nance Jr. had 15 points for Cleveland, which won three in a row to get above .500 at 8-7.

Dominating Embiid again

Joel Embiid had 38 points and 11 rebounds, Tobias Harris added 23 points and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 122-110 on Friday night.

Seth Curry returned to the Sixers’ starting lineup, having missed six games after testing positive for COVID-19. He scored 15 points.

Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 42 points and nine rebounds, while Marcus Smart finished with 20 points.

The 76ers, with their health restored, once again looked like legitimate contenders in the East.

Embiid had collected 42 points on Wednesday in a win over Boston itself. This time he delivered another fantastic performance.

The Cameroonian hit 14 of the 15 shots from the penalty kick. It looked almost perfect, after criticism from Smart.

The Boston player said Embiid “falls and makes a mistake” after the star center came to the line 21 times in the game in which he scored 42 points.

The Celtics only made 20 free throws in that engagement – none in the fourth quarter.

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