That’s five in a row for your team, your town, your Philadelphia 76ers, who got a game-winning three pointer in overtime from Tobias Harris, the exclamation point on a 77% shooting night. He scored 21 points on nine shots, returning from back pain that kept him out of the Warriors game on Friday night.

“We just kept fighting,” said Harris of the 104-101 Toronto win, which featured just seven points in the extra period. “I thought where we had to change the game was the third quarter. I thought at that point they just got on too much of a run, and we were able to that last six minutes of the fourth quarter kind of string some stops together and also make some shots towards the end of the fourth quarter to push it to overtime.  With that being said, a hard-fought game, a lot of ups and downs in the game were for us to come out of here and get a victory.  We feel good, but we know we have to play better.”

The win improves the Sixers to 17-12, good for 5th in the Eastern Conference after a relatively slow start to the season, complicated by injuries to Joel Embiid, James Harden, and Tyrese Maxey.

Harris, as you know, carries the largest cap hit on the team, despite being a de facto fourth option on nights when the starting lineup is fully healthy. We talked a lot about the shift in his game with the addition of James Harden, and he’s really embraced that adjustment this season, putting together this analytically-friendly shot chart:

That’s a stark contrast to the Tobias Harris we’ve come to know over the years, the 4/3 tweener who excelled at backing down smaller players and shooting right over them. He’s really become an effective catch-and-shoot player, hitting at 42% from three this season, which is the second highest number he’s posted during an individual season (2018, Clippers, pre-trade). He’s only shooting 13.4 field goals per game this year, but 5.5 are three pointers, so that’s a little more than four out of every 10 shots taking place from downtown.

“He’s playing right,” said Doc Rivers. “He’s running the floor. I still think there’s times where we can get it to him in transition more. I think he’s so good in the open floor. He dedicated this summer to be a spot-up shooter making shots and he’s doing that. He’s got a quick trigger. You can see he’s worked on improving the quickness of his release. He’s doing that. He’s ready and that’s not easy. You know going four, five minutes and not getting into ball swings, that’s hard. That’s really hard. He stays ready so very happy with him.”

A couple of other Tobias stats worth mentioning:

That corner three number stands out. He’s already taken 56 corner threes this year, which is only 23 fewer than the 76 he attempted for the entirety of the 2021-22 regular season. The left corner isn’t necessarily his strength, but he’s hitting at a ridiculous 53.3% from the right corner and shoots better from the right side in general, be it above, below, or at the break.

Compare that to his shot plot from last year, which had a lot more mid range stuff, and from either side of the basket:

Great stuff from Tobias Harris. The change has been noticeable. He’s playing an assertive game and contributing to a team on a good run right now.