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The 76ers were just starting a dominating 30-2 stretch with a home win over the Celtics included, where their record stretched to 50-7. Philadelphia had a 21-5 record by Christmas, although if you wanted to pick nits, you could point out that they had lost by 26 points on the road to the rival Boston Celtics, and needed two overtimes to beat the Celtics at home. Clemon Johnson providing some rebounding help off the bench. Cheeks was another 1 st-team All-NBA defender. Bobby Jones came off the bench and was Sixth Man of the Year, along with being 1 st-team All-Defense. The quartet of Moses, Dr.J, Cheeks and Toney all made the All-Star game and they all averaged 30-plus minutes per game. The backcourt was exceptionally balanced, with Maurice Cheeks being a top ball distributor and Andrew Toney having a deadly perimeter jumper. J” averaged 21 points/7 rebounds/4 assists per game and was 1 st-team All-NBA. Malone was the best rebounder in the game and a top-five scorer and now he joined forces with Julius Erving. Malone was a two-time MVP at the center position and with a 25 points/15 rebounds per-game average in 1983, he added a third MVP trophy to his shelf with Philadelphia. They traded veteran center Caldwell Jones, a nice player and serviceable rebounder to the Houston Rockets and got Moses Malone back in return. Philly made a huge off-season move to shore up their frontcourt.

1983 was the year they finally got over the top. The Sixers had lost the NBA Finals in 1977, 19, and suffered an even more agonizing conference finals loss in 1981 that cost them an almost sure title. Tip off to Game 1 is Wednesday at 8:30 pm ET.The 1983 Philadelphia 76ers were hungry for a championship. The Celtics will now set their sights on the Miami Heat in a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals. His 51 was just three points shy of the Celtics playoff record set by John Havlicek in 1973. He ended the night with 51 points, setting a Game 7 all time record and the best part of it is he did it with his mom in the front row, on Mother’s Day. Philly went on a spell of six scoreless minutes which was more than enough time for Tatum to bury the Sixers. The game was tied at 55, just after the break but Boston went on a 28-3 run to run away with the game and cruise to victory. They came out of the break and landed the knock out blow in the third quarter. Tatum led a charge at the end of the second quarter that gave the Celtics the narrow three point lead heading into halftime. He would end that night as the hero, posting 16 in the final 12 minutes to force a Game 7 and he would continue his hot shooting into the Sunday afternoon from TD Garden.

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Remember that this has been a tough series for Tatum, who had just three points after three quarters in Game 6.

He had 25 in the first half and he was just getting started. Tatum takes over in Game 7ĭespite the shooting struggles, Philly kept even with Boston, who gave the keys to Jayson Tatum and told him to drive them to the promise land. On Sunday, Harden went 3/11 and ended the day with 9 points. In game’s in which he shot well, the Sixers won in game’s in which he shoot poorly, the Sixers lose. This series has been marked by Harden and his ability to shoot the ball. James Harden scored the opening bucket of the game of Philly, but did little else after that. Tucker who had the Sixers off on the right foot in the first quarter hitting three triples and ended the opening 12 minutes with 11 points. Philly’s big man started the game 2/8 and struggled to find his rhythm all game long finishing the day with 15 points. It was a series that was dominated by the road teams, as four of the six games were won by the away side but Tatum and the Celtics made sure that wasn’t going to be case on Sunday afternoon.īoston started Robert Williams instead of Derrick White as coach Joe Mazzulla went big for a second straight game, and once again he was massive in containing the league’s MVP, Joel Embiid.

Jayson Tatum had an unforgettable performance scoring a Game 7 all-time record 51 points in the 112-88 victory. History was made in TD Garden as the Boston Celtics blewout the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.