Carmelo Anthony turned back the clock as his clutch display allowed the Portland Trail Blazers to outlast the Philadelphia 76ers 118-114. The Blazers have now swept the current Eastern Conference leaders this season.With Damian Lillard struggling to impact the game after a good start, Carmelo took over proceedings and dropped 17 points in the fourth quarter for the win. He finished with 24 points on 60% shooting from the field. Lillard had 30 points of his own and he scored the final two free throws of the game.Portland Trail Blazers overcome the Philadelphia 76ers at the three-point lineThe Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers played out a back-and-forth game that had eight ties and 13 lead changes. Both teams played fiery offense with scores reading 37-36 in Portland's favor at the end of the first quarter.The defense caught up later and the teams were evenly matched in almost all departments, except one. The Philadelphia 76ers were outdone severely from downtown. It's no secret that the Portland Trail Blazers live at the three-point line and today was no different. They had 17 made threes as compared to Philly's six.Trail Blazers defeat 76ers 118-114Damian Lillard 30 pointsCarmelo Anthony season-high 24ptsTrent Jr 19ptsKanter 10pts/14reb (a few stitches)Team effort from the Trail Blazers #RipCity— Orlando Sanchez (@orlandokgw) February 12, 2021So basically the Blazers are the best team in the east. pic.twitter.com/O55zxgu5UT— Sergeant Thunderfist M.D. (@Big_Suke) February 12, 2021Blazers with all these injuries & are 1 game out of 4th lolPeople gave up on this squad in like the first week too— Dom2K☘🤦🏾‍♂️ (@Dom_2k) February 12, 2021Sixers done in by a Robert Covington deflection.— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) February 12, 2021It is so nice that the Sixers can lose a tough game and my mentions aren’t filled with irrational declarations about needing to fire the coach and trade everyone lol— Adam Aaronson (@SixersAdam) February 12, 2021Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons put up a show for Philadelphia 76ersBen SimmonsBen Simmons and Joel Embiid combined for 58 points tonight but it wasn't enough for the Philadelphia 76ers. Simmons was one assist short of a triple-double and had 12 points in the first quarter itself. Meanwhile, Embiid had 15 points in the second quarter and finished the night with 35 points and nine rebounds. Neither player could turn the pace in the clutch though.Embiid can get clawed, slapped, cut, trucked, but the second someone falls he committed a foul?— Sixers Nation (18-8) (@PHLSixersNation) February 12, 2021Ben Simmons kept Damian Lillard scoreless for over 20 minutes tonight. 20 minutes. DPOY goes to Ben Simmons.— The Phifth Quarter (@The_PhifthQ) February 12, 2021NBA MVP so far: Joel Embiid.— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) February 12, 2021Can anyone show me any metric that tells you that Embiid isn’t MVP?— 𝑱𝑪🚀 (@JcGotNext) February 12, 2021Ridiculous Simmons game tonight in case that hasn't been said enough— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) February 12, 2021Damian Lillard and Carmelo Anthony get the job done for Portland Trail BlazersDamian Lillard was extremely hot to start the game tonight, scoring 19 points in the first quarter. He went missing the rest of the way though and finished with 30. Luckily for the Portland Trail Blazers, Carmelo Anthony stepped up to the occasion.Melo didn't have the greatest of runs till the third quarter but he flicked a switch in the fourth. He made six straight buckets to start the final period of the game and even scored the free throws that gave the Portland Trail Blazers the ultimate lead.Carmelo Anthony just had his best game with the Blazers, on national tv against the top team in the east— Joe Simons (@joesimonssays) February 12, 2021it's so fun seeing Carmelo pop off for 20+ every couple of games for the Blazers.there are so many great young players in the league today, and I'm thankful we've still got some older ones producing https://t.co/2LDz58O9x2— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 12, 2021Idk if people know this by now, but Damian Lillard is very good at basketball— 🅵🅾🆁🆃🅷🅴🅵🅰🅽🆂 🎙 (@503Blazerfans) February 12, 2021Casuals convinced you Carmelo wasn’t an NBA player anymore 😕 pic.twitter.com/7bQ8KEieEh— Ball Don't Stop (@balldontstop) February 12, 2021Melo will always be Carmelo Anthony don’t get it twisted— Magic’s Burner (@MagicsBurner) February 12, 2021