76ers Still The Leading Team In The East

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Joel Embiid scored 34 in just 25 minutes to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to 135-115 beating the frantic season finisher Rockets.

It was the 76ers' (45-21) 6th consecutive streak win to keep on driving the Eastern Conference and hand the Rockets (16-50) their third consecutive loss.

With Embiid's lead, Philadelphia took a 97-78 lead toward the beginning of the third-quarter frame to be at 123-99 with Houston in the last seven minutes of the final quarter.

Kelly Olynyk drove the Rockets with his 27 marks and newbie KJ Martin added a career-high 23 points.

In Salt Lake City, Fil-American gatekeeper Jordan Clarkson scored 30 focuses and Bojan Bogdanovic had 24 markers in the Utah Jazz's 126-94 beating (48-18) over the San Antonio Spurs (31-34).

The Jazz (48-18) recovered the No. 1 spot. 1 spot in the NBA and Western Conference standings. In Milwaukee, the Bucks (42-24) defeated a fouled out by Giannis Antetokounmpo in the last 1:24 of the game in a 135-134 success over the Washington Wizards (30-36).

In Atlanta, the Hawks (37-30) rose to No. 5 in the East standings in the wake of posting a 135-103 triumph over the Phoenix Suns (47-19).

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