PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Johnson hit consecutive 3-pointers late in double overtime and finished with 41 points and 14 rebounds to help the Atlanta Hawks spoil Joel Embiid’s return in a 142-134 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night.

Embiid scored 18 points in 30 minutes in his return for the 76ers after he missed nine games because of injuries.

Johnson snapped a tie with his third 3 of the game and hit another on the next possession to send the Hawks to their fourth win in five games.

Tyrese Maxey scored 44 points for the 76ers and hit a pair of clutch shots, one that forced OT and another that gave them the late lead in the first overtime. Maxey, an 88 per cent free-throw shooter, missed two from the line that could have stretched the lead to four, but instead cost the Sixers

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