Jared Mccain And Guerschon Yabusele Lead The 76ers To 107-105 Ot Win Over The Hornets

Jared McCain h a career-high 27 points as Philelphia 76ers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 107-105 overtime win over Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night.

Sixers first-round draft pick out of Duke h 23 points in second half and overtime was 9 for 15 from floor.

Guerschon Yabusele finished with his career high of 20 points for Philelphia (2-7), which has yet to win a game in regulation. Paul George ded 15 points and nine assists, but did t play any of overtime period after tallying 33 minutes in his third game back from a bone bruise.

Lamelo Ball finished with 38 points in losing effort for Charlotte (4-6). Ball hit a feaway 3-pointer with eight seconds left in 4th quarter to send game to overtime. Brandon Miller h 22 points while Grant Williams ded 17.

Hornets: Hornets shot 14 of 54 from 3-point arc and h several sloppy possessions, often forced to take long shots with shot clock running out.

76ers: Without Joel Embiid (suspension, knee injury) and Tyrese Maxey (hamstring strain), Philelphia’s offensive burden fell on McCain and Yabusele, who are promising but still young in ir NBA careers.

Sixers only h two field goals in overtime period, but shot 6 of 8 from foul line to nail game down.

Philelphia missed 14 of its 15 3-point attempts in first half, yet still le by one. y hit five of ir first seven from beyond arc in third quarter to extend ir le to 10 late in period.

Both teams begin play in NBA Cup round-robin on Tuesday, with Hornets heing to Orlando. 76ers host Knicks in a rematch of last year’s first-round playoff matchup.