Behind a monster game from Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers beat Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks on Christmas PHILADELPHIA — If you are a believer in the Sixers, Christmas Day had to feel vindicating. It was Philadelphia 121, Milwaukee 109 inside a packed Wells Fargo Center. The offense, maligned for its perimeter problems, connected on 47.7% of its threes. Tobias Harris made five. Furkan Korkmaz made four. Joel Embiid and Al Horford each made three. Before the game, Sixers GM Elton Brand noted that Philadelphia ranked in the top-10 in three-point percentage, but their 30 attempts per game sits in the bottom third in the league. We need to shoot more threes, Brand said. On Wednesday, the Sixers fired up 44. The defense didn’t have its best night, but a quick glance at Giannis Antetokounmpo’s final line—18 points on 8-27 from the floor, including 0-7 from three—will tell you they will live with it. Philadelphia likes to stick Joel Embiid on Antetok...
