PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 31 points, Joel Embiid added 29 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 130-120 on Saturday night.

Trendon Watford had 20 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists for Philadelphia, which lost all four games to Toronto last season.

RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley each scored 22 points for the Raptors, who had won four in a row. Toronto was playing the second contest of a back-to-back after beating Atlanta 109-97 on Friday night. Brandon Ingram chipped in 21 for the Raptors.

Philadelphia took control by outscoring the Raptors 35-20 in the second quarter after Toronto had surged to a 43-33 first-quarter lead.

Toronto got within 119-116 on Barrett’s 3-pointer with 3:25 to play. But the 76ers scored the next six points, on VJ Edgecombe's layu

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