Young, Nets down Sixers
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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Thaddeus Young had 21 points and nine rebounds against his former team and the Brooklyn Nets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 94-87 on Saturday night.
Joe Johnson netted 15 points and Jarrett Jack added 12 points and eight assists for the Nets, who snapped a five-game losing streak.
"It's hard to win in this league and hard to win on the road. And the way we've been struggling, it's a big win," Nets coach Lionel Hollins said.
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Nerlens Noel posted 17 points and seven boards and Isaiah Cannon supplied 13 points for Philadelphia, which shot just 37.2 percent from the floor.
"They're a prideful team, a veteran team, a well-coached team and we just weren't able to find a way to close the game out," Sixers coach Brett Brown said.
The Sixers trailed 79-68 at the 8:57 mark of the fourth before storming back with a 17-8 run. Noel scored the final seven points of the surge, which was capped when he threw down an alley-oop to trim the gap to 87-85 with 3:36 left.
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Brooklyn, though, netted the next six points to regain control
Deron Williams nailed a pull-up jumper, Brook Lopez sunk a pair of free throws and Young flipped in a hook shot to stake the Nets to a 93-85 cushion with 1:19 remaining.
Philadelphia never got within less than six the rest of the way.
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Earlier, the Sixers led 29-27 following a quarter of play and 56-51 at the break.
Brooklyn closed the third on a 10-2 swing and took a 74-66 spread into the final frame.
Game Notes
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Young played in Philadelphia for six seasons from 2007-08 to 2013-14 ... Thomas Robinson snatched 12 rebounds for the Sixers ... Brooklyn shot 44 percent (37-of-84) from the floor, but were just 2-of-17 from beyond the arc.