We have three Game 3s in the NBA playoffs on Thursday night, with each series shifting venues.
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The opener features the Eastern Conference third-seeded Philadelphia 76ers at the No. 6 Brooklyn Nets, who are 3.5-point underdogs. Philly didn’t play well in a 111-102 home loss in Game 1, but to a man the players said they weren’t concerned. The Sixers were up just one point at halftime of Game 2 but blew it open with an NBA playoff-record-tying 51-point third quarter on the way to a 145-123 victory.
Philadelphia shot 18-for-25 from the field in the quarter and 11-for-11 from the free-throw line. The 145 points overall were a franchise playoff record. Ben Simmons finished with a triple-double of 18 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and Joel Embiid again played through a knee injury to finish with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Just one Nets starter had double-digit points: D’Angelo Russell with 16. Philadelphia is just 2-5 ATS in its past seven road games, however.