<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-how-tyrese-maxey-uptick-rebounds-steals-benefits-scoring');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Tyrese Maxey’s uptick in rebounds, steals benefits his scoring');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/How-Tyrese-Maxeys-uptick-in-rebounds-steals-benefits-his-scoring.jpg"></figure><h1>How Tyrese Maxey’s uptick in rebounds, steals benefits his scoring</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T09:13:20-08:00">December 24th, 9:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T09:13:20-08:00">December 24th, 9:13am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Maxey is setting new career highs in rebounds and steals per game this season. The Philadelphia 76ers guard has shown his improved statistical output over the past few games, recording his first triple-double and, more recently, approaching one as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-vs-spurs-refs-joel-embiid-victor-wembanyama">Maxey led a wild, 111-106 win over the San Antonio Spurs</a>.</p><p>Maxey averages 3.9 rebounds per game, only a slight uptick from last season, and 2.0 steals per game, a mark well above his previous career high. The 76ers need him to lead the way on offense <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nick-nurse-honest-take-strange-officiating-ejections-spurs">whenever Joel Embiid is sidelined for, say, a mid-game ejection</a>. Defensive rebounds and steals are one-way tickets to improved output on the other end.</p><p>“Without Joel, a lot of teams try to load up on me and sometimes trap,” Maxey said. “[Nick] Nurse has been on me about attacking early, attacking in transition. The ways I could do that [are] getting defensive rebounds and getting steals. So I don’t know if you’ve seen, I’ve been trying to get a lot more rebounds so I can push the ball and get out quicker and just play in the open space and get my teammates involved as well during that.”</p><p>Maxey racking up more steals has been a part of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-driving-forces-76ers-solid-defense-despite-joel-embiid-absence">76ers’ increased attention to forcing turnovers</a>, a defensive scheme that helps them overcome their lack of rim protection and size when Embiid sits. But a huge part of his performance against San Antonio — 32 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists, three steals — was simply getting the ball as often as he could and going right to work.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey’s rebounds, steals help 76ers defeat Spurs</b></h2><p>During training camp, the Sixers introduced a slogan, “The Ball Wins.” As simple as can be in its message, the team has increasingly focused on winning the possession battle. Tyrese Maxey explained that not only do rebounds and steals help that goal, but they also get him the ball in <a href="https://x.com/PHLY_Sixers/status/1871437854930571296" rel="noopener">easier situations to score</a>.</p><p>Maxey has the speed to go coast to coast before defenders can get back. A fortuitous bounce from a rebound gifted him a fast break that he finished himself. Russell Westbrook showed how a guard getting a rebound and starting the possession in that instant can be better than a big rebounding and passing it to a guard. Although Maxey is certainly not prime Russ, he’s ripped a page out of that book and followed it to the letter.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/23/0022400394/627/c9095f50-ecef-f5b6-06c7-c30851ef9b99_1280x720.mp4?_=1" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Maxey getting up the court before Victor Wembanyama meant that the Spurs had to protect against drives harder. Especially against a speedster like Maxey, the defense would rather keep the ball in front. Harrison Barnes backs up further behind the arc to contain Maxey. But all that does is leave room for No. 0 to launch from deep.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/23/0022400394/389/378e19ad-69a3-f931-3cfb-f61fab3846dd_1280x720.mp4?_=2" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>When Maxey brings the ball up, all eyes are on him. This means that players without eyeballs on them can run down the lane with less resistance, as Guerschon Yabusele did in the second quarter.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/23/0022400394/248/1a3d25b0-de43-53fc-0469-ff99dfd8620c_1280x720.mp4?_=3" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Pushing the tempo creates advantages when the possession goes deeper into the shot clock, too. Maxey getting up the court quickly draws Julian Champagnie to him for long enough to make his closeout back to his man (Kyle Lowry) harder to pull off. Lowry’s drive ignites ball movement that ends in a triple for Caleb Martin. Even if Maxey didn’t end up making the last pass before the bucket, this pristine possession started with him.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/23/0022400394/531/22350f80-0508-5861-42b1-001dc263045f_1280x720.mp4?_=4" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>In the midst of a dominant fourth-quarter stretch, Maxey picked off a pass and took it right to the cup. It served as the exclamation point on his performance, which was wrapped up nicely with a <a href="https://x.com/sixers/status/1871382092833329315" rel="noopener">dagger three-pointer</a> that secured the 76ers’ win.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/23/0022400394/635/b16a6aa9-53ea-a907-f852-0ba4b7bcbab1_1280x720.mp4?_=5" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Fortunately, the 76ers have Embiid healthy. Maxey will have an easier time creating advantages and making shots when the big man is there to help him. But he’s also learning how to win on the margins, one of the best developments of the Sixers going 7-3 in their last 10 games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Tyrese Maxey’s uptick in rebounds, steals benefits his scoring

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-vs-cavs-tyrese-maxey-great-moments-blowout-loss');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers vs. Cavs: Tyrese Maxey’s great moments covered up in blowout loss');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/76ers-vs-Cavs.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers vs. Cavs: Tyrese Maxey’s great moments covered up in blowout loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-21T19:18:44-08:00">December 21st, 7:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-21T19:26:12-08:00">December 21st, 7:26pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers (9-17) squared off with the Cleveland Cavaliers (25-4) on the second night of a back-to-back. As they stuck to their plan of resting Joel Embiid on back-to-backs, the Sixers got predictably steamrolled by the Cavs. Final score: 126-99.</p><p>After the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-kelly-oubre-jr-locker-room-vibes-win-hornets">76ers beat the Charlotte Hornets</a> for the fourth time this season, they traveled west to face the team with the best record in the NBA. Any hope of picking up a victory was made tougher with Joel Embiid and Jared McCain out of the lineup. A win against the mostly healthy Cavs would have made for one of the best wins of the season — but it wasn’t in the works.</p><h2><b>Embiid heads back to the sideline, George remains in the lineup </b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-shouts-out-paul-george-for-support-amid-injury">Embiid appreciates Paul George’s support as he navigates injury troubles</a> and surely wanted to play again tonight. But the 76ers still preferred to rest him in this game, the latest matchup on the second night of a back-to-back scheduled in a different region of the country. Perhaps the NBA will stop doing that in the future but it’s not worth holding your breath over. Whatever the case, the Sixers clearly aren’t ready to let Embiid play in games on consecutive days yet.</p><p>George, on the other hand, stayed in the starting lineup despite being listed as questionable with a left knee impingement. He also seemed like a candidate to play just one leg of back-to-backs but he ended up playing in this one.</p><p>The 76ers often spaced the floor along the baseline for PG and got him the ball at the nail after setting a screen for Tyrese Maxey, allowing him to go to work with a mismatch. He hit a few smooth jumpers, including one pull-up from the baseline that sent former Sixer Georges Niang to the floor. The George on George(s) crime will be on highlight reels for years to come.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/RxkZf1cmPC">pic.twitter.com/RxkZf1cmPC</a></p><p>— Sports Vids (@magicvibesio) <a href="https://twitter.com/magicvibesio/status/1870643867038736483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Cavs almost got their own ankle-breaking bucket courtesy of Donovan Mitchell, though he did <a href="https://x.com/AcrossCavs/status/1870646910564130965" rel="noopener">step on his defender’s foot</a>, so it doesn’t really count.</p><p>George’s shooting fell off after a hot start. His only shot in the paint was a jumper just below the left elbow (that he made). He shot 4-12 from the field in his 27 minutes, recording three turnovers to one assist to go along with his 11 points. All the warts in his game were on display in this one.</p><p>It’s hard to tell how much this poor showing is a result of playing both ends of a back-to-back. George has had performances like this previously with ample rest. It’s something the 76ers cannot afford regardless of Embiid’s playing status.</p><h2><b>Maxey can’t save the day singlehandedly </b></h2><p>Maxey scored the first eight points for the Sixers, knifing through the Cavs’ defense and draining a pair of threes to begin his night. His shooting inside the arc, however, left a lot to be desired. Once again, Maxey went on awesome individual runs but couldn’t kickstart the entire offense. He ended the night with 27 points and three assists on 8-22 shooting from the field, including 5-10 from deep.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-maximize-new-roster-paul-george-win-2025-nba-finals">As an off-ball threat, Maxey is fantastic</a> — arguably as good as any guard not named Stephen Curry. He’s a spectacular catch-and-shoot artist with nearly unmatched foot speed — and he’s shown growth as a ball-handler and finisher at the hoop over the last year and change. That’s the type of player who can twist defenses into knots as he flies around screens to set him up for threes.</p><p>But the Sixers lack the playmaking infrastructure to make that happen when Embiid sits. Maxey’s step-through moves, off-the-dribble shooting footwork and finishing through contact show how he’s improved over the years and he managed to get himself back on track in the second half. However, he’s not the type of otherworldly playmaker who can create offense for everyone else. The main problem is that the Sixers need him to command the ball like one. His poor shooting inside the arc was offset in part by his free-throw volume (6-8 from the stripe).</p><p>The Sixers not named Maxey or George, of course, couldn’t do much to propel the offense. They drove into the paint past the Cavs’ shoddy perimeter defense, sinking a few acrobatic shots and getting to the foul line but otherwise didn’t have much to offer inside the arc. No one else on Philly’s side got up a high volume of threes, though almost everyone who shot one made one.</p><h2><b>A tough task on defense</b></h2><p>The<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-driving-forces-76ers-solid-defense-despite-joel-embiid-absence"> 76ers have played decently on defense this season</a>, coming into this matchup in Cleveland just outside the top 10 in defensive rating. The Cavs’ offense was a huge litmus test for them on both sides of the ball. Could the Sixers slow up a high-powered offense and get enough from their own to steal a win?</p><p>Nope.</p><p>The Cavs began this game sloppily. They shot 2-8 and committed four turnovers in a span of roughly two minutes, looking way out of sorts on the end of the floor where they have been one of the absolute best in basketball. They started to look more like themselves once they got out in transition, splashing open threes and capping off a 14-2 run with a slam from Mitchell that gave them the lead.</p><p>Darius Garland was simply too quick to stay in front of, which collapsed the Sixers defense and allowed the Cavs’ collection of sharpshooters to launch. It also opened up Jarrett Allen on the roll to attack however he saw fit. Their volume fueled the type of offense that would make bitter basketball “fans” cry about too many 25-foot shots and yearn for more 20-foot shots, for some reason. But their efficiency — 22-43 shooting — was self-explanatory. Garland notching 26 points on 9-11 shooting from the field certainly helped, as did Evan Mobley’s 22 points on 10-14 shooting.</p><p>As easy as it is to throw up your hands when a team catches fire from deep and say there isn’t anything to be done, it’s oftentimes the incorrect reaction. Some hot shooting nights just happen when a team takes the shots they usually do and hits more of them than typical. But when those looks are ones that NBA players can hit extremely frequently — like, say, a catch-and-shoot look without much defensive pressure — it’s not too hard to post a gaudy three-point percentage.</p><p>If the Cavs were pushed deep into the shot clock or forced to take a lot of threes off the dribble, their three-point percentage would be rightfully bewildering. But they simply kept the ball moving and put pressure on the Sixers’ defense, leading to very good shots.</p><p>Adem Bona got some minutes to end the third quarter and Jeff Dowtin Jr. started the fourth as the Sixers faced a 21-point deficit. That signaled it was time to lick their wounds and prepare for their next game, though George and Maxey did eventually find their way back into the game. It served no purpose.</p><p>The 76ers will return home on Monday and face the San Antonio Spurs before embarking on a year-ending road trip.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers vs. Cavs: Tyrese Maxey’s great moments covered up in blowout loss

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-paul-george-resilient-praise-tyrese-maxey');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul George earns ‘resilient’ praise from Tyrese Maxey');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Tyrese-Maxey-Paul-George.jpg"></figure><h1>Paul George earns ‘resilient’ praise from Tyrese Maxey</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-17T08:39:48-08:00">December 17th, 8:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-17T08:39:48-08:00">December 17th, 8:39am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With Joel Embiid and Jared McCain sidelined due to injuries, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-vs-hornets-tyrese-maxey-paul-george-73-points">Tyrese Maxey and Paul George stepped up</a> to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 121-108 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. Both 2023 All-Stars performed like the standouts they are.</p><p>A win over the Hornets does not make for a marquee victory but it does help the Sixers stay positive in a season that continues to be hostile to them at every turn. George, Maxey and almost every other one of their teammates has been injured at some point and the team’s 8-16 record illustrates that even a recent hot stretch (five wins in the last seven games) can only do so much to right the ship.</p><p>Nonetheless, a pair of great performances from the two active stars made for a nice little win that featured a new season-high in points for Philly. Maxey had plenty of good things to say about George after <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1868851791519232260" rel="noopener">teaming up for 73 points</a>.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey praises Paul George after 76ers’ win over Hornets</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyrese Maxey on Paul George's impact on him and the Sixers:</p><p>"Paul's [George] good. I think he's finally getting comfortable, rhythm, it's hard man. New team, new system, guys in and out, he was in and out, got hurt, came back, got hurt again… He's been resilient, man."</p><p>(via… <a href="https://t.co/vmI0euzYtA">pic.twitter.com/vmI0euzYtA</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1869047202967880034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Paul’s good. I think he’s finally getting comfortable, [in a] rhythm,” Maxey said. “It’s hard, man. New team, new system, guys in and out, he was in and out, got hurt, came back, got hurt again. That’s tough, man. He’s been resilient, man.</p><p>I think the biggest thing he’s done for us is just talk and be vocal and be confident in every single huddle,” the 76ers guard continued. “And he trusts what I’ve been telling him to do: go be Paul George and go off. Whatever shot you feel like you need to shoot, shoot it and be aggressive.”</p><p>He not only shot the ball very well from the field — 7-11 inside the arc and 6-9 from outside of it — but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-joins-extremely-exclusive-nba-all-time-club-during-hornets-game" rel="noopener">George cracked the top 10 of the all-time threes leaderboard</a> on his way to a season-high 33 points. Maxey wasn’t as efficient overall as PG was but he did shoot 6-12 from three-point range and 10-13 from the foul line in his 40-point performance. The 76ers will need both of them to stay confident and resilient for the rest of the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul George earns ‘resilient’ praise from Tyrese Maxey

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-advice-to-self-40-point-outburst-hornets');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey reveals advice to self after 40-point outburst vs. Hornets');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/76ers-news-Tyrese-Maxey-reveals-advice-to-self-after-40-point-game-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey reveals advice to self after 40-point outburst vs. Hornets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-17T05:49:35-08:00">December 17th, 5:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-17T05:49:35-08:00">December 17th, 5:49am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A pair of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-vs-hornets-tyrese-maxey-paul-george-73-points">high-scoring performances from Tyrese Maxey and Paul George</a> powered the Philadelphia 76ers’ latest win.  The former scored a game-high 40 points while the latter tallied a season-best 33 points in a 121-108 win over the Charlotte Hornets.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nick-nurse-makes-brutally-honest-admission-on-blizzard-of-injuries">76ers facing an abundance of injuries</a> has been one of the only constants of this season. One of the others has been wins over the Hornets, as this was their third in as many tries. It was also their biggest margin of victory. Maxey said that wins like these energize the team — and himself.</p><p>“This win does the same as any other win—gives us confidence,” Maxey told reporters after the game. “We dropped last game, but other than that game we’ve been playing pretty well. We just have to get back to that – playing extremely hard. Whoever stepped on the court tonight played extremely hard. For myself, I tell myself I need to smile more. I have to get back to being happy out there playing basketball. I think I did that tonight.”</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey goes off for 40 points in 76ers’ win vs. Hornets</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">forty 🍔 for <a href="https://twitter.com/TyreseMaxey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TyreseMaxey</a> </p><p> 40 PTS | 5 AST | 4 STL | 6-12 3pt <a href="https://twitter.com/PALottery?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PALottery</a> <a href="https://t.co/zzHSByf4MU">pic.twitter.com/zzHSByf4MU</a></p><p>— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) <a href="https://twitter.com/sixers/status/1868855149839761432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This 76ers season hasn’t been easy on anybody, even the perpetually upbeat Maxey. His play on the court was rough to start the season. He previously dealt with a hamstring injury. He’s barely been able to team up with Joel Embiid this season. No one is happy with the team’s 8-16 record.</p><p>Although the injury issues <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1868732413393916061" rel="noopener">haven’t lightened up</a>, the Sixers have won five of their last seven games. Maxey and George have had some time to find chemistry and the team has had more time to mesh on the court as the season marches on. While Philly still has a long way to go to prove itself as a playoff team, this recent stretch is promising.</p><p>Nick Nurse told reporters that Maxey and George “were really instrumental” and that their confidence propelled the 76ers. For however long Joel Embiid and Jared McCain are sidelined, the Sixers will need a lot more of that.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Maxey reveals advice to self after 40-point outburst vs. Hornets

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-vs-hornets-tyrese-maxey-paul-george-73-points');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers vs. Hornets: Tyrese Maxey, Paul George combine for 73 points in win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/76ers-vs.-Hornets.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers vs. Hornets: Tyrese Maxey, Paul George combine for 73 points in win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T18:38:15-08:00">December 16th, 6:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T19:50:20-08:00">December 16th, 7:50pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Following the latest unfortunate <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nick-nurse-makes-brutally-honest-admission-on-blizzard-of-injuries">injury news regarding Joel Embiid and Jared McCain</a>, the Philadelphia 76ers (8-16) played the Charlotte Hornets (7-19). The Sixers played with their food long enough for the Hornets to chop off most of a 21-point lead. However, they managed to hang on for the victory, 121-108.</p><p>LaMelo Ball returned from a left calf injury to help a competitive Hornets team whose health is starting to look up. The same can’t be said for the Sixers, who were also without Caleb Martin and Adem Bona. It was up to Tyrese Maxey and Paul George to get the 76ers going with Embiid and McCain out of commission — and they got the memo, leading Philly to a new season-high in points.</p><h2><b>It’s nice to still have two stars</b></h2><p>Subpar shooting has dogged Maxey and George all season long. Both have been too dependent on jumpers to get by and now are without the 76ers’ primary offensive engine and one of their best floor spacers. They stuck with that recipe in this game but they managed to get cooking.</p><p>The two stars combined for 27 of the Sixers’ 31 first-quarter points. Maxey buried three of his first four shots, which included a pair of treys that punished the sloven defense from the Hornets. George’s slick shooting helped propel Philly in the early goings. They each totaled a hat trick of three-balls in the opening period and shot the ball really efficiently.</p><p>George — who passed Jason Terry on the all-time list in three-pointers made, moving up to 10th — played at his own, controlled pace that the Hornets couldn’t shake him out of. His hot shooting commanded the attention of all five defenders, who could only watch as he carved up space to operate. Charlotte had to start keying on him further, which naturally opened up passing windows to teammates.</p><p>PG-8 can create these tough looks for himself as easily as anyone but his lack of consistent rim pressure means he often has to live or die by them. There are plenty of consistencies to his game — his sound defense, his ability to make plays when he gets doubled and the occasional head-scratching pass — but oftentimes, it’s as simple as whether the shots go down that determines how successful his performance is.</p><p>While George notched a new career feat and his first 30-piece with the Sixers on top of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-reveals-new-mindset-that-shined-vs-pistons">flashing his playmaking sense</a> with eight assists, Maxey had a brutal time trying to score in the paint, throwing up miss after miss. But that’s what a high volume of threes and free throws can help cover up. Maxey shot 6-12 from downtown and 10-13 from the stripe on his way to his second 40-point game of the season. He also notched four steals for the third time in 2024-25.</p><p>The Sixers have wanted to make Maxey a point guard, something he is capable of doing but not where he does his best work. But that’s what he’ll have to learn to do without two of the three teammates who can help set him up for looks. Trial by fire is the team’s best bet for him to improve and for it to somewhat dependably function on offense.</p><p>Maxey and George may not pursue 30 points every night with Embiid and McCain out but they definitely need to provide the bulk of the Sixers’ advantages and points.</p><h2><b>Doing enough on defense</b></h2><p>The 76ers’ immense struggles on offense have covered up their success on the other side of the ball. Without their defensive centerpiece for most of the season, they’ve managed to post a defensive rating of 113.3, which is just above the league average. Especially with McCain sidelined for what could be a long time and Embiid <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1868732413393916061" rel="noopener">out for at least another week</a>, the Sixers needed to lean into their strengths as much as possible.</p><p>To start out, the 76ers were not very sticky around screens nor were they super adept at keeping them out of the paint or disciplined in not falling for shot fakes. But they were active enough with their hands to gunk up Charlotte’s offense, which was particularly rough without Ball.</p><p>With Ball in the game, the Sixers’ defense was pressed much harder. The star point guard cut into his team’s deficit with a triple and two consecutive lobs to Miles Bridges, one of which he started by stealing a pass from George. The best defense is indeed good offense but it’s also true that bad offense makes defense a lot harder.</p><p>Both teams sharpened up at halftime but the 76ers got out ahead even more by winning the third quarter 41-30. Then they got a taste of the other side of a bad run when the Hornets scored 10 unanswered points. The Sixers turned the ball over sickeningly often, igniting some buzz from the Spectrum Center crowd.</p><p>Then, they allowed just three Charlotte points in a span of over three minutes and regained control of the game. They may not have the makings of a defensive juggernaut but when they can only get reliable offense from two active players, the whole must be greater than the sum of the parts.</p><p>Philly’s calling card on defense is its ability to turn its opponents over, forcing its opposition to commit the third most turnovers per 100 possessions. The Hornets coughed the ball up 20 times, though the Sixers evened that out with 21 of their own blunders.</p><h2><b>More injuries mean more new lineups</b></h2><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nick-nurse-makes-brutally-honest-admission-on-blizzard-of-injuries">76ers had to adjust in a major way</a> with two of their top players and another key rotation player out. They’ve had plenty of prior experience doing so this season, at least.</p><p>KJ Martin got the start in the frontcourt alongside Andre Drummond, giving the Sixers a little extra size with Kelly Oubre Jr. sliding up to the two-guard spot. Both of the bigs got into some foul trouble. Drummond cleaned the glass well (15 rebounds in 28 minutes) and notched some stocks but this game was otherwise not notable for either.</p><p>Oubre, despite shooting poorly from the arc and the foul line, gave the Sixers some great minutes against his former squad. He rebounded well, provided one of his best passing games of the season and shot well inside the arc. The beautiful assist he dished to Drummond off of the short roll showed precisely where he can shine on offense: as a play finisher with a focus on getting downhill.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">throw down drum 🥁🥁 <a href="https://t.co/cc0M0WSGxf">pic.twitter.com/cc0M0WSGxf</a></p><p>— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) <a href="https://twitter.com/sixers/status/1868832452799873414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Eric Gordon got his first minutes this month, a major fall from grace for someone who opened the season as a starter. He started to get into a rhythm in the third quarter, scoring nine points on three shots, and played 26 minutes.</p><p>Nick Nurse played a fringe playoff-size rotation, deploying only nine players. Reggie Jackson was the only non-two-way player to spend the whole game on the bench. The Sixers may start activating some of their two-ways in order to have more than just 10 available players.</p><p>The 76ers and Hornets face each other again on Friday in Philadelphia.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
25.4	3.9	5.1	0.3	2.0

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
25.4	3.9	5.1	0.3	2.0

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