Philadelphia forces a decisive Game 7 with an 11-point win over Toronto. If you missed any of the action, check below for live updates from throughout the game. After Toronto's record-setting rout in Game 5, the Eastern Conference Semifinals series between the Raptors and Sixers shifted back to Philadelphia for Game 6. The Sixers came out with aggression from the get-go, leading by as many as 19 points in the first half. Philadelphia maintained a big lead for the majority of the game, cruising to an 11-point win to force a decisive Game 7 If you missed any of the action, check below for live score updates, news, stats and highlights from throughout Game 6… Final: 76ers 112, Raptors 101 (Series tied 3-3) - 3:33 remains in regulation and the Sixers are still command. Philadelphia takes a 106-87 lead into the break as it looks to wrap Game 6 up. - It's past the midway point of the fourth and Philadelphia is still up 21 points. It appears there will be a Game 7 in Toronto as the deficit looks to be too large to overcome in the game's final 5:38. - Just over four minutes have passed in the final frame and the Sixers lead 95-73. Timeout on the floor with 7:48 remaining. The Raptors have been unable to get going from the floor as they are 26-for-67 (38.8%) from the field and 6-for-28 (21.4%) from deep. The Sixers, on the other hand, are shooting 48.1% from the field and 36.0% from beyond the arc. Joel Embiid has a 15-point, 12-rebound double-double and has an eye-popping +/- of +40. Jimmy Butler has 23 points, seven assists and six rebounds while Ben Simmons has 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists. End of Third Quarter: 76ers 87, Raptors 67 - It's all Sixers right now as they've built a 20-point lead ahead of the final frame. In addition to Jimmy Butler's 21 points, the team has benefitted from 19 points, six rebounds and six assists from Ben Simmons in addition to 13 points and 12 rebounds from Joel Embiid. Philadelphia is 35-for-71 (49.3%) from the field while Toronto is just 24-for-62 (38.7%) from the field. The Sixers are also outrebounding the Raptors 41-27 through three quarters. Toronto is led by 24 points and 10 rebounds from Kawhi Leonard and 19 points from Pascal Siakam. Those two are the lone Raptors to have scored in double figures so far. - Toronto managed to cut the deficit to eight points, but Philadelphia responds once again. The Sixers use a 9-0 run to get their lead back out to 17 points and Nick Nurse calls for a timeout. Philly leads 78-61 with 3:25 remaining in the third quarter. While Jimmy Butler still has 21 points, Ben Simmons is up to 14 points in the game and Mike Scott has scored a big 11 points off the bench. Kawhi Leonard leads the Raptors with 20 points and Pascal Siakam has added 17 points of his own but Marc Gasol has failed to get on the board. Serge Ibaka (nine points) is the only reserve to have scored so far. - Philadelphia got its lead back out to 19 points early on, but Toronto has chipped back away to bring the deficit back down to 13. It's 64-51 with 8:53 remaining in the third. Timeout on the floor. Jimmy Butler is up to a game-high 21 points while Kawhi Leonard leads the way for the Raptors with 16 points and six rebounds. Toronto is still struggling from deep as it is now 5-for-22 (22.7%) while Philadelphia is 6-for-16 (37.5%). Halftime: 76ers 58, Raptors 43 - Behind 19 points from Jimmy Butler, the Sixers take a 15-point lead into the break. Butler, who scored 11 points (on 5-for-7 shooting) in the second quarter, is now 9-for-15 on the night. Ben Simmons has also made his presence felt with 10 points and six assists in the first half while Tobias Harris has eight points and eight rebounds. Toronto is led by 14 points and six rebounds from Kawhi Leonard while Pascal Siakam has 11 points and four rebounds. Kyle Lowry has five points to go along with a team-high five assists so far. The Raptors haven't been able to overcome shooting woes from the perimeter as they are now 3-for-17 (17.6%) from deep. - The game of runs continues. The Sixers saw their lead rise to 19 points before the Raptors responded with a 12-0 run of their own to bring the deficit back down to seven points. Timeout Philadelphia as it leads 42-35 midway through the second quarter. Kawhi Leonard now has a game-high 14 points for Toronto, who is now shooting 15-for-33 (45.5%) as a team. Philadelphia is beginning to cool down as it's not 6-for-13 from beyond the arc. - Philadelphia opens the second quarter on a 9-2 run and its lead balloons to 15 points. Timeout Raptors as they trail 38-23 just over two minutes into the second. The Sixers are on fire, they've connected on six of their 10 3-point attempts while the Raptors have hit just two of their 10 attempts. Reserve forward Mike Scott has come up big already for the home team with six points in four minutes. End of First Quarter: 76ers 29, Raptors 21 - At the end of one, the Sixers have built an eight-point lead thanks largely to the trio of Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris and Ben Simmons. Butler, Harris and Simmons have each scored eight points apiece, with Simmons adding five assists early on. The Sixers' second-year point guard has been markedly more aggressive thus far, which has had a positive impact on his team. Toronto is led by eight points from Kawhi Leonard and seven points from Pascal Siakam but as a team, is shooting just 2-for-9 (22.2%) from deep and 8-for-20 (40.0%) from the field. - It's been a game of runs so far. After the Raptors used a 10-0 run to take a 15-13 lead, the Sixers responded with a 10-0 run of their own to take a 23-15 lead. Timeout Toronto as it is back down eight points with 2:25 remaining in the quarter. Seven points from Pascal Siakam leads the way for the Raptors, who are shooting 5-for-15 (33.3%) from the field. Tobias Harris is up to eight points on the night for the Sixers, who are 10-for-21 for the field. All-Star guard Ben Simmons has already dished out four assists but has also picked up two fouls early on. - Philly has come out of the gates on a mission to take a 13-5 lead early on. Timeout Raptors as they trail by eight with 8:04 remaining in the first. Jimmy Butler (six points) and Tobias Harris (five points) have combined to score 11 of the Sixers first 13 points. - Tobias Harris gets the Sixers on the board first with a driving dunk and things are underway at Wells Fargo Center. Pregame - Starting for Toronto: Kyle Lowry, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Pascal Siakam and Marc Gasol - Starting for Philadelphia: Ben Simmons, JJ Redick, Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris and Joel Embiid - Both Kawhi Leonard and Ben Simmons are gearing up for Game 6 and look ready to go<doc-sep>In the playoffs, it’s very hard to carry momentum from game to game — but, damn it, could we have it just this once? The Raptors played to their truest form in Tuesday’s Game 5, showing what happens when someone besides Kawhi Leonard shows up to make shots. Kyle Lowry and Marc Gasol were shooting without thought. Pascal Siakam seemingly shook off an injury to return to form. Fred VanVleet had his best game in a millennia. The Raptors won by 36 damn points. If Toronto was to carry that team into tonight’s Game 6 — well, there’d be a lot less to worry about. Elimination games in Philadelphia haven’t been kind to this franchise in a small sample size, but it would appear that the Sixers are starting to run out of answers. Ben Simmons has been swallowed up, as some expected he would be. Mike Scott and James Ennis have faded. Jimmy Butler has been asked to do too much. The one behemoth casting a shadow on Game 6 is Joel Embiid. Dealing with an overzealous digestion system in Game 2 and an upper respiratory infection in Games 4 and 5, the word is that Embiid is feeling better heading into tonight’s game. Brett Brown on Joel Embiid: "He came in today and he looked good. He got more sleep over the last few nights, and he'll play tonight." — Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) May 9, 2019 For the most part in this series — whether it be because of injury, Marc Gasol, or another factor — Embiid has been largely lifeless. Still, the one pin in the Raptors’ balloon would be a big game from the Cameroonian. Knowing everything else, there’s every reason to be confident. Let’s get into the game details, then have at it in the comments. Where to Watch TSN, 8:00 PM EST Lineups Toronto - Kyle Lowry, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Pascal Siakam, Marc Gasol Philadelphia - Ben Simmons, JJ Redick, Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris, Joel Embiid Injuries Toronto - OG Anunoby (out — appendectomy), Chris Boucher (out — back spasms) Philadelphia - none<doc-sep>Chris Szagola/Associated Press Game 7 awaits in the second-round series between the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers. Philadelphia made sure of it with a 112-101 victory in Thursday's Game 6 at the Wells Fargo Center. It has been a back-and-forth series with Toronto winning the first game, Philadelphia going up 2-1 and the Raptors moving ahead 3-2, so it's only fitting it will be decided by one final battle. All five 76ers starters scored in double figures, including Jimmy Butler (25 points, eight assists, six rebounds and two steals), Ben Simmons (21 points, eight rebounds and six assists), Joel Embiid (17 points, 12 rebounds, two blocks and a plus-minus of plus-40) and Tobias Harris (16 points, nine rebounds and five assists). Kawhi Leonard (29 points, 12 rebounds and five assists) and Pascal Siakam (21 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals) spearheaded the Raptors' effort but did not receive enough help on the road. 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They can advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2001 and end the debate about The Process once and for all. The Process was always about a struggling team accumulating assets over an extended period and eventually using those assets to become relevant in the postseason. That is exactly what Philadelphia did by drafting Embiid, drafting Simmons and using some of those assets to trade for Butler and Harris. Still, detractors who take a results-oriented view could call it a failure if the 76ers continue to lose in the second round after going all-in. Beating a championship contender with a superstar leading the way like the Raptors on their home court in a do-or-die Game 7 would silence those critics. Philadelphia took the first step toward doing just that Thursday when it proved Toronto's grip on the series was a mirage. With Leonard playing some of the best basketball of his career, Embiid's health concerns, Simmons struggling and Toronto's decisive win in Game 5, this series felt as good as over entering play. All the 76ers did is respond with a blowout win of their own and set up a coin-toss Game 7 between teams that have traded impressive performances and each won on the other's home court. The Sixers needed a fast start, and that is exactly what they got thanks to Simmons and Butler. Butler took over with seven points in the final 80 seconds of the first half—two of which came on a steal of Leonard and layup right before the buzzer—and Simmons played with an aggressiveness that was missing in the first five games. The point guard scored 10 or fewer points in four of the first five contests with a stunning lack of aggressiveness given his role as a go-to option and primary ball-handler. He was nothing like that Thursday, playing downhill, attacking the basket, unleashing skip passes in the half court and finding shooters off his penetration. 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It was the type of play few in the league can make and why so many envision such a bright future for the 22-year-old. He wasn't the only building block who emerged from The Process to turn in a critical bounce-back performance. 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It looked to be more of the same when he struggled from the field at the start, but he proved his value beyond scoring with rim protection, a willingness to battle on the boards and far more athleticism than backup Boban Marjanovic brought in his limited minutes. The result was a stunning plus-minus number that only improved when the big man started scoring as the game continued. All the assets were on full display in Thursday's convincing victory. Simmons was dunking and attacking, Embiid was firing up the crowd and blocking Leonard at the rim, and Butler went into takeover mode on both ends of the floor for extended stretches. It was surely exactly what the Sixers' front office envisioned, even in the face of constant criticism as the losses piled up during the rebuilding days. Philadelphia has been both ripped and praised for its roster construction on almost a daily basis over the past few years. This is the moment The Process has been building toward, and an Eastern Conference Finals appearance is there for the taking.<doc-sep>
Here’s 10 takeaways from the Toronto Raptors’ 112-101 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 6. One - Soft: There’s no way to describe this performance other than that the Raptors just didn’t want it enough. The 76ers played with their backs against the wall, while the Raptors treated this one like a random game in December. The Sixers, especially home in a prideful city like Philadelphia, were never going to lay down and the Raptors needed to take it from them. Instead, they played the role of the courteous guest and just surrendered the win. Two - Leader: Jimmy Butler continues to be phenomenal in this series, and he set the tone for the Sixers with his all-out effort from start to finish. Butler sent the Sixers into halftime with a 15-point advantage by hitting a driving layup, an and-one jumper over Kyle Lowry off his own miss, and picking Kawhi Leonard in the open floor for a breakaway dunk to beat the buzzer. Later in the fourth quarter, with the victory already in hand, Butler poked the ball out of Serge Ibaka’s hands and dove to save the the loose ball, which triggered a fast break that produced a layup by Tobias Harris. Sixers fans chanted Butler’s name at every opportunity, and rightfully so. Three - Muted: On the other end, Leonard just couldn’t match Butler’s energy. Leonard was the best Raptor by some margin, yet it wasn’t anywhere close to his best. Leonard made questionable decisions with the ball, was rather sloppy with his dribble, gravitated towards traffic, all of which culminated in Leonard getting blocked twice at the rim by Joel Embiid. The Raptors needed the very best of Leonard to close it out on the road, and it didn’t happen. Four - Aggressive: Ben Simmons finally left his mark on the series after being invisible over the first five games. Simmons surpassed his Game 5 scoring total in the first quarter alone, and was tenacious around the basket for putbacks and driving layups. It’s a mystery why the ultra-athletic Simmons doesn’t play with this type of aggression more regularly. If things get hairy in Game 7, the Raptors should consider intentionally hacking Simmons just to get him off the floor. Story continues Five - Abysmal: Toronto’s veterans - especially Ibaka and Danny Green - were downright unplayable. Green was a saloon door on defense against the hard-charging Butler, while Ibaka clanked his first open jumper and was a disaster on offense the rest of the way while also fouling out in 22 minutes. The Raptors need their most senior players to be solid on the road, which is how Game 4 was won. It was the total opposite tonight. Six - Bricks: It’s almost comical how badly the Raptors have performed from the three-point line outside of Game 5. By percentage, Toronto shot: 33 percent, 27 percent, 26 percent, 32 percent, and 25 percent tonight. What’s more perplexing is that a lot of these are wide-open looks for the Raptors’ best shooters, but they’re still not falling. To make matters worse, it seems to put a strain on the Raptors’ main playmakers, in that Leonard and Pascal Siakam zero in on attacking a congested paint instead of trusting the offense. Seven - Encouraging: The only highlight from this game was Marc Gasol’s crafty post defense against Embiid, who only shot 3-of-11 from inside the arc. Stopping Embiid should plug the Sixers’ offense, but Simmons and Butler picked up the slack tonight. Nevertheless, if Gasol replicates this effort in Game 7, that would put the Raptors in a good position to close it out at home. It also wouldn’t hurt if Gasol called his own number more often - Gasol can clearly score but he continues to be unselfish to a fault. If he can establish an interior scoring threat, that might free up better looks for the struggling shooters on the perimeter. Eight - Difficult: Expect the Sixers to roll with a seven-man rotation in Game 7, with the pesky James Ennis as the replacement at the guard positions while Mike Scott soaks up minutes for the forwards. Brett Brown tossed the Raptors a lifeline tonight as half-human, half-meme Boban Marjanovic got non-garbage minutes for no reason whatsoever, which instantly sparked a 10-0 by the Raptors. Nine - Energy: In all likelihood, Nick Nurse will match Brown by rolling with a six-man rotation that he used in Game 4.