The Sixers finally have a non-overtime win under their belt.

Jared McCain and Tyrese Maxey starred Friday night as the Sixers earned a 113-98 win over the Nets at Wells Fargo Center.

The Sixers improved to 3-12 and the Nets fell to 6-10. In East Group A of the NBA Cup, both the Sixers and Brooklyn are 1-2.

McCain was incredible again, recording a seventh consecutive 20-point game. He scored 30 and Maxey had 26 on 11-for-17 shooting.

Nets forward Cam Johnson scored 37 points and shot 9 for 13 from three-point range.

The Sixers were backed by Joel Embiid (left knee swelling), Paul George (left knee bone contusion) and Kyle Lowry (right hip strain).

They host the Clippers on Sunday evening. Here are observations on the team’s win over Brooklyn:

Sixers turn to Yabusele in center

Guerschon Yabusele was coming off a 5-for-6 night from three-point range in a loss to the Grizzlies on Wednesday and started at center. He started the night with former Sixers All-Star Ben Simmons, who was predictably booed at every touch. The crowd reacted gleefully when Simmons missed a wide-open layup in the second quarter.

Meanwhile, Yabusele kept the sweet jumpers flowing, draining two early threes. He finished the night with 10 points, 11 rebounds and three assists.

“The thing about him is he doesn’t make a lot of mistakes,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said. “First and foremost, he’s solid. And then he also provides a good three-point threat, just like he did at the start of the game. I thought that gave us a great lift.

“He also has a pretty good, safe pair of hands to get the ball across. He plays very hard. He rebounds. He’s a smart kid and plays hard, and he’s really solid. And you add in the fact that he can post here and there and hit a three…he’s playing well.”

Kelly Oubre Jr. returned to the Sixers’ starting lineup after three consecutive games on the second unit. He skied high to punch in a Yabusele miss and give the Sixers a 13-4 lead.

The Sixers used a 10-man rotation and pitted Andre Drummond against Nets big man Nic Claxton.

Drummond was good in his first stint, looking for rebounds and hindering the Nets with his physical presence. One of Drummond’s three offensive boards led to a Reggie Jackson corner three. A McCain-to-Drummond alley-oop extended the Sixers’ lead to 44-33.

Turnovers and free throws crucial

In his second game since returning from a right hamstring injury, Maxey played 26 minutes. He had a much, much better night than his 3-for-13 game in Memphis.

McCain was the last Sixers starter to make a field goal. Late in the first quarter, he sank back-to-back threes.

McCain remained very sharp in terms of moving the ball quickly, spotting open teammates and moving smartly into fruitful spots. Over his last eight games, he has averaged 9.6 three-point attempts and shot 45.5 percent from long range.

“He’s good at basketball, man,” Maxey said of McCain. “He’s fearless. When you’re that fearless and have that kind of confidence, it’s a good feeling. We need that. We need him to be that guy for the duration of the season.

“There will be different times where he has to play different roles – with Jo in there, with P there, with me in there – but he has to be a guy who is fearless, who can shoot, who can play defense and play a lot of different roles.”

Turnovers and free throws were the Sixers’ two biggest statistical advantages early on. They had a 15-7 halftime lead in points off turnovers and took the first 14 foul shots of the game. Johnson torched them all night, but at least the Sixers did well to avoid giving up easy, momentum-stopping points at the foul line.

Still, the Sixers allowed a 12-2 Brooklyn run to end the first half. Johnson’s fifth 3-pointer cut the Nets’ deficit to 53-50.

Maxey and McCain deliver time and time again

The trend of terrible third quarters for the Sixers seemed to continue on Friday. With threes from Cam Thomas and Dorian Finney-Smith, Brooklyn built a 64-55 lead.

However, Maxey and the Sixers pushed back. The All-Star guard celebrated demonstratively after a hoop that put his team back on top.

The Sixers fell behind again early in the fourth quarter, partly due to a series of missed Eric Gordon jumpers, but the McCain-Maxey duo then took the spotlight with electric shots.

McCain delivered a smooth lefty layup and a pure pull-up three. Maxey often hurt the Nets in transition, nailing a tightly contested step back three and seizing complete control of the game. An automatic-seeming catch-and-shoot three from McCain served as the dagger.

With some gentle prodding from Maxey, McCain acknowledged that at one point he shouted out, “I’m the Rookie of the Year!”

“I’m in the flow state,” he said, “so I don’t know what came into my mind at that moment, but I think that’s what I said. …Yes, I said that. It was pretty clear. It is of course one of my goals for this season. It’s just that competitiveness that comes out of me. I respect every other rookie in this league, but obviously I’m going to believe in myself. So yeah, there were definitely some words that came up at that point.

The Sixers suddenly had plenty to smile about on Friday thanks to their two talented young guards.

“There were a few plays where we didn’t get a good shot,” Maxey said, “so I thought, ‘Look, nurse, we’ll figure it out.’ We’re going to go flat, he and I are going to play ball, and either he plays well or I play well.’

“When you have two ball handlers, the game becomes a lot easier. … You can catch your breath a little bit. I know he’s going to take the right action and I know I’m trying to take the right action. Then you have (other) guys flying around, making shots and playing extremely hard, both defensively and offensively.”