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The Celtics were 1 of 4 teams in the NBA this season to attempt 3s for at least 46% of their entire shot volume. They were near the bottom of the league in points in the paint.

They averaged just 6 more 2s than 3s per game.

Protecting the rim isn’t the answer against them ⬇️

No one, everyone.

This is the most infuriating Phillies team I can ever remember.

VJ Edgecombe is a finalist for Rookie of the Year, the NBA announced.

Game 1 Final Thoughts: Sixers' Defensive Approach, Tactics and Roster Construction Game 1 was an embarrassment.

Protecting the rim is considered an institution of basketball.

The Celtics challenge that.

Defending them requires a rewiring of the way you think. The Sixers need to think fast.

Final thoughts on Game 1—defensive approach, tactics and roster:

www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

I'm not saying you can or you can't, I just don't think the personnel makes it possible for us to know whether you can at this point.

I will have more on Maxey later, but I can't get behind the 'can't build around him' talking points when:

1) Boston isn't even a little afraid of the personnel around him, and the cutting spaces aren't being used
2) this is the shot quality he's getting

Six Thoughts: Ugly Offense Gets Sixers Demolished by Celtics in Game 1 Tyrese Maxey put up a tour date to lead a very bad shooting day for the Sixers in an ugly Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics.

Tyrese Maxey shot a tour date, the Sixers shot terribly and looked frankly unprepared. Players got to play better, but one team maximizes every possession and the other doesn't.

Six thoughts on a beatdown in Game 1:

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Ready or Not, It's Tyrese Maxey's Time When the ball drops on Sunday afternoon, it'll be a new experience: He's the tone-setter of a playoff team.

NEW story just a few hours ahead of Game 1

When the ball drops this afternoon, Tyrese Maxey will experience something for the first time in his career: He’s the tone-setter of a playoff team.

On a sobering reality:

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Joel Embiid is the only Sixer OUT for tomorrow's Game 1 vs Boston.

Why the Sixers Have Something to Test the Celtics The Sixers do have real personnel answers for Boston's most dangerous offensive players for once.

"I’mma guard regardless of who you is or I’mma try and I ain’t scared. I ain’t gonna back up if you’re running at me. You just got to run me over or something, man."

A bunch of thoughts on how the Sixers will have to guard Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum:

www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

That is a lot of Dillon Brooks over the last 2 possessions. Dubs should keep feeding that mismatch and hope he takes the bait.

Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe Are Running Toward the Fire The Sixers have two-and-a-half days to prepare themselves.

Kyle Lowry called Tyrese Maxey weeks after their '24-25 season ended.

Maxey promised him he'd be in the playoffs in 2026.

"This group tough. We ain't backing down from nobody...We're not going to take no mess."

Maxey and VJ Edgecombe aren't scared:

www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe Are Running Toward the Fire The Sixers have two-and-a-half days to prepare themselves.

Kyle Lowry called Tyrese Maxey weeks after their '24-25 season ended.

Maxey promised him he'd be in the playoffs in 2026.

"This group tough. We ain't backing down from nobody...We're not going to take no mess."

Maxey and VJ Edgecombe aren't scared:

www.si.com/nba/76ers/on...

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Have not seen a Sixer this giddy in a postseason presser since Jimmy Butler.

Six Thoughts From Sixers' Play-In Victory Over Magic Tyrese Maxey scored 11 of his game-high 31 points in the fourth quarter to power the Sixers past the Orlando Magic and set up another chapter between Philadelph

Six thoughts from the Sixers' Play-In win over the Orlando Magic, including:
- Tyrese Maxey and Paul George hunting fouls
- helter-skelter offensive approach
- real good defense
- the best Andre Drummond game of the season
- the dumbest rule in the NBA?

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Tyrese Maxey says he promised several teammates that this team was going to get to the playoffs.

Says he told Kyle Lowry he wasn't going to let him not get to the playoffs in his last season.

Nurse on playing the Celtics in the first round: "Tremendous, tremendous challenge for us. But we'll see if we can go figure something out between now and Sunday."

On Sunday, Tyrese Maxey said the Sixers owed the Magic one after the 40-point loss to Orlando in Philly early in the season.

They got them back.

Iverson-level stuff from Maxey. Oubre had 5 threes, the Magic, as a team, have 7.

Edgecombe 19 and 11 in his postseason debut.

Sixers-Celtics, round 1

Dominick Barlow came in with with 3:52 left in the third, Sixers up 9. It was a 10-5 run by Orlando over the next ~3:15, a lot of it coming directly off rough Barlow moments. Might be a game-changing 3-minute stint.

This lineup has played 67 possessions together this season.

That is crazy.

Sixers starters:

Maxey
Edgecombe
Oubre
George
Bona

Trendon Watford AVAILABLE.

Jonathan Isaac is OUT for the Magic tonight.

Franz Wagner is on a minutes restriction. Jamahl Mosley may hike them up a bit given the circumstances.

Trendon Watford remains probable due to illness as of pregame.

Are the Youngest Sixers Ready For Their First Taste of Postseason Basketball? Down an offensive focal point, the Sixers will need rookie sensation VJ Edgecombe to carry over the play he's offered for much of his first year in the NBA.

VJ Edgecombe won’t win Rookie of the Year, but he can do something the probable Rookie of the Year can’t do:

Bend a postseason game in his debut.

"First game, first practice. The day he walked in, he walked in like, 'I'm here'. We need that.”

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