76ers narrowly survive disastrous late collapse vs. Lakers thanks to missed free throws, dominant overtime
Like Gloria Clemente wisely observed in "White Men Can't Jump," sometimes when you win, you really lose. The Philadelphia 76ers escaped Wells Fargo Center with a 133-122 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, but they took a big, fat "L" in terms of late-game execution. The Sixers seemed to have put the game away, holding a 16-point lead with less than four minutes left in the fourth quarter, but that's when the Lakers slowly started chipping away at the lead. Even with a bit of a scoring lull, Philadelphia still held a nine-point lead with 35 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, which most people might say would give the Sixers a 99.99 percent chance of winning the game. Well, folks, welcome to the 0.01 percent. After a Patrick Beverley layup, two Anthony Davis free throws and two turnovers by De'Anthony Melton (who had an otherwise spectacular Game ), a...