Dwight Howard scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Philadelphia 76ers dominated the visiting Atlanta Hawks for the second straight game, rolling to a 126-104 victory on Friday.
Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris each scored 18 points for Philadelphia.
The Sixers (42-21), who hammered the Hawks by 44 points on Wednesday, have won each of their past three games by a combined 97 points. Atlanta (34-30) lost its third game in a row.
Tonight's win marks our third straight & largest cumulative margin of victory over a three-game stretch (+97) in franchise history.#HereTheyCome | @NJMIns
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