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Washington Wizards star guard Bradley Beal had a bittersweet day to remember after he dropped a career and franchise-best 60 points in a 136-141 loss against the league-leading Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, January 6 (Thursday, January 7, Manila time).
After scoring a whopping 57 points in the first 3 periods to help chip away a 21-point Sixers lead, Beal was then held to just 3 fourth-quarter points thanks to a collective defensive clampdown by Philadelphia.
All-Star big man Joel Embiid then scored 11 of the Sixers’ last 13 points to effectively seal their fifth straight win with 1:55 left in regulation, and a 139-131 lead.
Despite a herculean effort that tied Gilbert Arenas’ franchise-best mark, Beal and the Wizards are now just 2-6 for the season to begin the Russell Westbrook era.
Incidentally, this is already Beal’s third career loss where he scored 50 or more points, with two of them coming in back-to-back games last February 23 and 24.
There, he scored 53 and 55 points against the Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks, respectively, but his team still lost 117-126, and 134-137.
Beal failed to make the All-Star team that season, even after averaging a career-high 30.5 points.
After a first-round exit in the 2018 playoffs, Beal and the Wizards have yet to reach the postseason again, largely due to the injuries and setbacks suffered by former All-Star point guard John Wall, who has been traded to the Houston Rockets for Westbrook. – Rappler.com
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