<!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>

76ers vs. Hornets: Tyrese Maxey, Paul George combine for 73 points in win

<!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-pulls-off-3-major-feats-in-win-over-bulls');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey pulls off 3 major feats in 76ers’ win over Bulls');   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/2024/11/76ers-Tyrese-Maxey-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey pulls off 3 major feats in 76ers’ win over Bulls</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-08T13:42:22-08:00">December 8th, 1:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-08T13:56:32-08:00">December 8th, 1:56pm</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 main story of the Philadelphia 76ers’ 108-100 win over the Chicago Bulls was Joel Embiid, who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-vs-bulls-joel-embiid-return">played a great game</a> in his return from a seven-game absence. But Tyrese Maxey also had a very notable performance, stuffing the stat sheet like he has never done before in his NBA career.</p><p>Maxey played over 42 minutes and recorded 25 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds. Not only was that the first triple-double of his career but those latter two numbers are career-highs. His previous career highs were 11 assists and 10 rebounds, each of which he set last season. This performance is also his second double-double of the season. Rarely does a player make this much personal history in a single contest.</p><p>Philly has now won four of its last five games, though it was close to letting the Bulls tie the game up in the fourth quarter after leading by as many as 17 in the third. Maxey making plays helped his squad <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-reveals-passionate-message-to-team-amid-downward-spiral">continue to roll</a>.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey records first triple-double in 76ers’ win vs. Bulls</b></h2><p>Maxey’s 25 points came on 22 shots. He shot 3-12 from deep, which isn’t good, but made seven of his 10 shots inside the arc, which is very good. He scored 18 in the second half on 7-14 shooting. Seven of Maxey’s 10 two-point attempts came around or inside the restricted arc, which showcased his aggression, speed and creativity at the rim.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/08/0022400347/457/53712200-1d86-4d32-ac6d-d549f3efdbb6_1280x720.mp4?_=1" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Maxey made plenty of great passes throughout the day but his assist total was so gaudy in large part because of Embiid, who was dominant after a feel-out stint in the first quarter. 10 of Maxey’s assists went to the big man in one of three ways.</p><p>First, the most popular option, was Embiid setting a screen and receiving it right back at the nail. The 76ers went to this over and over in the second quarter, fueling a monster run that got them ahead for good.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/08/0022400347/245/5384e435-3f0e-b139-34c8-0e2a4f73d39a_1280x720.mp4?_=2" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>The second option was Embiid getting his defender deep into the paint, creating an easy entryway for a pass. This was how the big man got his first points of the afternoon.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/08/0022400347/192/e525771e-80cf-2b81-e500-19a676e251a1_1280x720.mp4?_=3" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Later in the second half, Maxey ran some dribble handoffs with Embiid. It gave Nikola Vucevic more space to cover, giving Embiid even more leverage on his jumper.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/08/0022400347/361/4523ba32-7147-2ca0-9578-7dfcf19260fe_1280x720.mp4?_=4" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Although Maxey’s passes to Embiid were not super difficult, the chemistry he has developed with him set the stage for this game. Maxey helped Embiid and vice versa, giving the 76ers’ offense much-needed structure against a pace-and-space Bulls team.</p><p>Maxey’s best assist of the game was a fantastic feed to Kelly Oubre Jr. for an alley-oop. He turned the corner on the defense really well, anticipated the rotation from Oubre’s defender and left the ball in the perfect spot for Oubre to get it.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/12/08/0022400347/418/f02b3b06-3576-2998-63f7-38ac8077f610_1280x720.mp4?_=5" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>All 11 of Maxey’s rebounds came on the defensive end. Most of them were uncontested but he nonetheless remained strong with the ball and took right up the floor after bringing in the miss.</p><p>Embiid celebrated with Maxey as he was interviewed by NBC Sports Philadelphia, welcoming him <a href="https://x.com/sixers/status/1865863141587824758" rel="noopener">into the triple-double club</a>. The big man has achieved the feat seven times in his career. This could very well be the first of any for his speedy co-star.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Maxey pulls off 3 major feats in 76ers’ win over Bulls

<!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-nick-nurse-sound-off-on-controversial-no-call-in-loss-to-magic');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey, Nick Nurse sound off on controversial no-call in 76ers’ loss to Magic');   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-Nick-Nurse-sound-off-on-controversial-no-call-in-loss-to-Magic.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey, Nick Nurse sound off on controversial no-call in 76ers’ loss to Magic</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-04T20:27:13-08:00">December 4th, 8:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-04T20:27:13-08:00">December 4th, 8:27pm</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 let a great win over the Orlando Magic slip away from their grasp. They <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-vs-magic-franz-wagner-outduels-tyrese-maxey-in-orlando-victory">ended up losing 106-102</a> after pulling to within a single point in the final minutes. The Sixers and their fans will leave this game with memories of a great Jared McCain performance and a poor Tyrese Maxey showing that ended in controversy.</p><p>With five seconds left, facing a three-point deficit, Maxey chucked up a triple that hit the front of the rim. Orlando’s Anthony Black wanted to foul Maxey before the shot attempt — and it looked like he did — but the officials allowed them to play on. Franz Wagner got the board and then got fouled.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Oh yeah sure no foul here at all, totally <a href="https://t.co/J6UNVCsH1G">pic.twitter.com/J6UNVCsH1G</a></p><p>— Erin Grugan (@eringrugan) <a href="https://twitter.com/eringrugan/status/1864505410473877687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The contact on Maxey’s arm <a href="https://x.com/CBKylePagan/status/1864505397370851390" rel="noopener">seems pretty clear,</a> though it may not have been ruled a shooting foul had it been called. Nonetheless, jacking up a running three-pointer in the hopes of getting the call is risky business that did not pay off for Philly. Looking to shoot at the moment of the intentional foul is sensible though hard to defend in Maxey’s case because of how unnatural his shot attempt was.</p><p>Maxey’s take on the play was short and diplomatic. “I feel like I missed a shot,” he told reporters after the game. Following a performance with just 16 points on 7-19 shooting, he’s surely locked in on flipping the script in their rematch on Friday.</p><h2><b>76ers lose to Magic after controversial no-call on Tyrese Maxey</b></h2><p>Nick Nurse said that Maxey drawing the foul “would have been a great play.” The 76ers’ head coach insisted that he should have gotten three free throws.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/v1AuYmHABC">https://t.co/v1AuYmHABC</a> <a href="https://t.co/d7bCkTzK80">pic.twitter.com/d7bCkTzK80</a></p><p>— Austin Krell (@NBAKrell) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAKrell/status/1864510102146842728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>While the referees did seem to make a mistake — all eyes will surely be on the L2M report — the 76ers should first acknowledge that they allowed themselves to be in a spot where a blunder from the refs impacted the outcome. Rebounding better on the defensive end, shooting better at the foul line, turning the ball over less and several other improvements in their play could have given them a better chance to win.</p><p>Frustrations are mounting for the 76ers, who are now 5-15 on the season. Although Joel Embiid is making progress towards a return and Paul George should <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-ruled-out-for-back-to-back-despite-desire-to-play">only be out for one game</a>, they have to start winning games now.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Maxey, Nick Nurse sound off on controversial no-call in 76ers’ loss to Magic

<!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-magic-franz-wagner-outduels-tyrese-maxey-in-orlando-victory');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers vs. Magic: Franz Wagner outduels Tyrese Maxey in Orlando victory');   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/Tyrese-MaxeyFranz-Wagner.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers vs. Magic: Franz Wagner outduels Tyrese Maxey in Orlando victory</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-04T19:07:39-08:00">December 4th, 7:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-04T19:07:39-08:00">December 4th, 7:07pm</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 (5-15) and Orlando Magic (15-9) each came off a back-to-back as they faced off at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night. The Sixers, without Joel Embiid and Paul George, put up another great fight. But they lost 106-102, letting another strong effort go to waste.</p><p>While Paolo Banchero (and Gary Harris) remained out for Orlando, George was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-ruled-out-for-back-to-back-despite-desire-to-play">ruled out</a> as the Sixers continue their goal of reducing the chances that their veteran stars get overworked too early. One full back-to-back played may not be enough for that but George, after playing a season-high 37 minutes in yesterday’s win over the Charlotte Hornets, was sidelined along with Embiid, Andre Drummond and Kyle Lowry.</p><p>The crux of this showdown was a battle of two young stars: Tyrese Maxey and Franz Wagner. The latter’s supporting cast in this game is much deeper, though the forme’s co-pilot (Jared McCain) was a greater threat than any of Wagner’s active teammates — and he showed why.</p><h2><b>Maxey vs. Wagner</b></h2><p>The Magic had Jalen Suggs guard Maxey, then assigned Anthony Black when Suggs sat. The Philly star managed to set the offense up, assisting back-to-back Guerschon Yabusele buckets and setting up KJ Martin on the roll, though he didn’t get the assist because Martin missed his first chance. He was able to get into the paint to dish it and swish it, though his work outside there wasn’t very good.</p><p>Maxey made his mark here and there, coming up with some timely scores rather than consistently providing a stable scoring presence. He didn’t make a single triple, an indication of both his need to improve as a self-made three-point shooter and the Sixers’ need to allow their catch-and-shoot weapon to get more of those looks.</p><p>Maxey’s chance to tie the game in the final seconds resulted in a heave of a shot where he tried to draw a foul. He was, in fairness, hit on the arm. But the foul would probably have been on the floor anyway. And Maxey, who notched 16 points and six assists on 7-19 shooting, wasted his team’s last chance on a failed attempt to get to the foul line.</p><p>The 76ers put Oubre on Wagner to start but put KJ Martin and Ricky Council IV on him in the fourth quarter. The Orlando star got his pocket picked early on but recovered to block Oubre’s layup, though a trailing Maxey swooped in to score on the second chance. He was the first option to set the table for the Magic’s offense but made himself an off-ball threat, too, throwing down a dunk off a great backdoor cut. In the first quarter, he tallied 11 of his team’s 34 points.</p><p>Wagner’s balance as he weaved through the Sixers’ defense saved the Magic’s offense from collapse at times. Just like Maxey, his three-point shooting was substandard. Inside the arc, he was nearly automatic. He ended the night with 35 points.</p><h2><b>McCain fights off the size disadvantage</b></h2><p>The Magic coming into pretty much every game with a size advantage. Even without Banchero, they have so many solid big men who can play together on top of bigger, stronger wings like Wagner. The 76ers are on the opposite end of the size spectrum, leading to some very predictable results.</p><p>Jonathan Isaac pulverized the 76ers on the glass, giving the Magic plenty of easy buckets. Rookie forward Tristan da Silva wasn’t met by any major paint protector when he drove in transition for a smooth layup. The Sixers got them back for their own OREBs a few times but it certainly didn’t help conceding so many to end the first quarter, which left them in a deficit as big as 15. Isaac and the rest of his big, athletic teammates got plenty of boards on that end.</p><p>McCain, however, was not daunted by the jumbo-sized lineup facing him and his team. He flashed the skill to overcome the Magic’s size, floating the ball off the glass before Isaac could swat it as part of the nine points he was responsible for (as a scorer and passer) in under 90 seconds. McCain didn’t have much of a shot of finishing over the trees but he could carve out enough space to find his way through the forest.</p><p>It’s equal parts impressive and somewhat worrisome that the rookie was the Sixers’ best creator against the tough Magic defense by a long shot. He not only shot the ball well but created those good looks himself. Maxey shot 4-10 in the first half, which was fine, but his shot quality wasn’t as good as McCain’s was. S</p><p>ome of that is surely because he was more of a focal point on the scouting report but it’s not like McCain didn’t also face tough defenders. He had to go against Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on the ball as well as the same off-ball demons. It hardly mattered. He ended his night with 24 points on 10-17 shooting.</p><p>Maybe McCain — who did all he did tonight while talking a dumpster’s worth of trash to anyone on the Magic who would listen — should <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-new-starting-lineup-must-feature-jared-mccain">remain a starter</a> no matter who’s in and out for the Sixers.</p><h2><b>Hints of ball movement</b></h2><p>SHOCKING: the 76ers’ offense looked so much better when the ball and the players moved. They didn’t have a ton of possessions just like the one below, which the ’86 Boston Celtics and ’15 San Antonio Spurs would appreciate, but their offense wasn’t repugnantly stagnant for long stretches. Progess!</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">🏀 m o v e m e n t . <a href="https://t.co/GaelULyBYA">pic.twitter.com/GaelULyBYA</a></p><p>— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) <a href="https://twitter.com/sixers/status/1864489185895239717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The 76ers’ lack of playmaking has been well-chronicled but that doesn’t mean that don’t have any chance of igniting ball movement and featuring good passes in their offense, which concluded the game with 23 assists, a mark above its season average.</p><p>McCain’s sense for relocation and spacing around the arc does great things. KJ Martin almost always makes a quick decision with the ball and is often moving. Oubre earned some hard closeouts and put pressure on the Magic defense by driving hard and keeping his head up to dish it off. Anytime Council gets downhill, something can happen. In this game, these strengths appeared harmoniously.</p><p>The 76ers certainly benefited from a strong shooting night but that’s partly because they got efficient looks. They got open looks from deep which helped them narrow the deficit in the fourth quarter. Had they not been bleeding on the defensive glass, they could have gotten even much earlier.</p><p>The Sixers didn’t score a bunch of fast-break points but they did get up the court often, making the most of their takeaways. They didn’t shoot that greatly on shots at the rim but otherwise were efficient. This performance on offense features plenty of positives to build on, though it also requires Maxey to avoid such a down night.</p><p>The 76ers and Magic will play again in South Philadelphia on Friday night. Nick Nurse said before the game that <a href="https://x.com/NoahLevick/status/1864442982587379967" rel="noopener">there’s a chance Embiid will play</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers vs. Magic: Franz Wagner outduels Tyrese Maxey in Orlando victory

<!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-reveals-passionate-message-to-team-amid-downward-spiral');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey reveals passionate message to 76ers amid downward spiral');   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/2024/11/76ers-news-Tyrese-Maxey-reveals-passionate-message-to-team-amid-downward-spiral.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey reveals passionate message to 76ers amid downward spiral</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-28T08:58:33-08:00">November 28th, 8:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-28T08:58:33-08:00">November 28th, 8:58am</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 — Moral victories will help the Philadelphia 76ers make progress in the standings if they let them.</p><p>The time of simply feeling good about hard-fought losses is over. The results of games need to start changing for the better. Learning and applying the lessons they come across in their good performances that don’t result in losses are paramount measures for the Sixers for the rest of the season. At this rate of losing, tanking will be an option forced upon them by their own failures, not one they choose to enact.</p><p>Dropping <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-biggest-76ers-takeaways-vs-rockets-overtime">a home overtime game</a> to the Houston Rockets, 122-115, left the Sixers with a 3-14 record. They still own the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference and are again working to get Joel Embiid and Paul George healthy again. The Rockets being in their second overtime game in as many days should have given the Sixers a leg up — and perhaps it did. But it wasn’t enough of a head start to earn the win.</p><p>After securing their first win in regulation against the Brooklyn Nets and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nick-nurse-tyrese-maxey-explain-offensive-woes-cause-defensive-problems">getting crushed</a> by the Los Angeles Clippers this past weekend, Tyrese Maxey told the team that they needed to sharpen up. Losses will happen — plenty already have — but being competitive, scrappy and united have to be virtues the team displays on the court for every single second of every single game.</p><p>“I talked about it for the past two days,” Maxey said. “I mean, we showed it against Brooklyn then we literally laid down and let the Clippers just steamroll us. And then I said before the game, I said, ‘Listen, no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the score is, no matter what the situation is, we’re gonna play till there’s zeros on the clock.’ That’s where we have to start if we’re going to turn this thing around. We have to start there and I think everybody did that tonight.”</p><p>Nick Nurse used the words <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1861472194464780564" rel="noopener">“edgy,” “physical,” and “competitive”</a> to describe the Sixers’ practice ahead of their loss to the Rockets. What stood out about his team on Tuesday has to become commonplace in order to make progress in the standings. Growing accustomed to absences from Embiid and George has helped the team establish a new normal, even if it’s one they hope to change going forward.</p><p>“I think what I’ve seen is guys have finally settled in,” Maxey said. “When those guys [Embiid and George] are out early in the year, it’s like an anxiousness to you to play well.”</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey, 76ers learning to play without Joel Embiid, Paul George</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tyrese-Maxey-celebrrates-a-3-pointer.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Figuring out ways to survive in games that Embiid and/or George sat out was on the 76ers’ to-do list coming into the season. They’re still in the process of searching for answers.</p><p>“I think we finally know how we’re gonna play. It’s hard. We had to put guys in different roles,” Maxey said. “G.Y. — Guerschon [Yabusele] — played 43 minutes today. Him coming over, he probably didn’t expect to ever play probably more than 30 minutes. And guys would have to do different things. Caleb [Martin], when he was playing, had to handle the ball some just because they’re denying me and doing different things. We needed another ball-handler out there before we found out Jared [McCain] could play. Guys are doing so many different things they probably didn’t think that they had to do. So, it is difficult.”</p><p>Forcing turnovers is a great way for a scoring-challenged team to narrow the talent gap. The Sixers got 21 out of the Rockets, giving them an extra 17 points. They also scored 21 second-chance points, their most in a game in over a month. Philly’s halfcourt offense is too bland for it to serve as the primary centerpiece of its scoring methods. The team has to scrap and claw for easier, extra opportunities.</p><p>Against the Rockets, Tyrese Maxey dropped 39 points and 10 assists while shooting 8-22 from inside the arc, though he also lit the nets on fire from deep, making six of his 12 three-point attempts. McCain provided just 15 points on 6-19 shooting. These two are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-jared-mccain-fire-back-at-undersized-backcourt-label">where the Sixers’ offense starts and ends</a> without Embiid and George. It’s a testament to their talents, especially the rookie’s abilities, but also to Philly’s inability to operate at even a decent level when the veteran stars are out.</p><p>When Embiid and/or George play, everything becomes easier for everyone. Maxey realizes that he’s the one everyone else has to play off of when he doesn’t have the benefit of playing off them. After the loss to the Rockets, he explained that he “refocused” his shot diet to prepare better for the tougher looks he’ll come across, crediting trainer Drew Hanlen with some key advice.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyrese Maxey said he “refocused” his 3-point shooting work to include more off-the-dribble looks since he gets fewer catch-and-shoot chances as the lead star. Shouted out Drew Hanlen for helping him out.</p><p>“I can shoot, I think, so I’m not too worried about that.” <a href="https://t.co/V6QOIZdKDv">pic.twitter.com/V6QOIZdKDv</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1861972303598235821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The overall goal of competing for a championship should be enough motivation for the 76ers, even if every loss makes that goal harder to come by. Guys like McCain and Ricky Council IV want to establish themselves in the league. Players like Eric Gordon, Reggie Jackson and the currently injured Kyle Lowry want to maximize their time left in the league before it runs out. Yabusele wants to use this second chance in the NBA as a way to stick around.</p><p>“I’m definitely hungry. Me coming up in here, signing one year, I got to be the hungriest on the court,” said Yabusele, who had 22 points and seven rebounds against the Rockets. “Just try to help the team, just play with a lot of energy, a lot of force.”</p><p>The 76ers will need a lot more energy and force where that came from. George said he hopes to c<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-paul-george-ruled-out-vs-rockets" rel="noopener">ome back within a week</a> but Embiid’s timeline is not yet known. The Sixers need to get them back into action but also have to start learning how to win without them. Moral victories have to become real victories, starting now.</p><p>“It sucks to lose. I absolutely hate losing,” Tyrese Maxey said. “But that’s a step in the right direction.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Maxey reveals passionate message to 76ers amid downward spiral

<!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-nick-nurse-tyrese-maxey-explain-offensive-woes-cause-defensive-problems');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ Nick Nurse, Tyrese Maxey explain offensive woes cause defensive problems');   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/2024/11/76ers-news-Nick-Nurse-Tyrese-Maxey-explain-how-offensive-woes-cause-defensive-problems.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers’ Nick Nurse, Tyrese Maxey explain offensive woes cause defensive problems</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-25T05:54:26-08:00">November 25th, 5:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-25T05:54:26-08:00">November 25th, 5:54am</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 — The Philadelphia 76ers couldn’t even have a full weekend to celebrate the first win co-led by Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain. Following a feel-good win on Friday, the Los Angeles Clippers shoved them back into their sorrowful basement in the standings, winning 125-99 and dropping their record to 3-13.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-biggest-76ers-takeaways-vs-clippers-blowout-loss">Clippers diced the Sixers up from start to finish</a>, making them look like they could do nothing right in front of their home crowd. Tyrese Maxey recognized the woes on offense — Philly shot 39.5 percent from the field and 23.1 percent from deep — created problems on defense. LA’s shooting splits on offense: 58.0 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from deep.</p><p>“It’s extremely hard because when you’re missing shots or you feel like a guy missed you or you feel like, ‘Oh man, they didn’t call foul,’ you don’t get back the way you should get back,” Maxey said. “And then when you don’t get back the way you should get back, then your teammates try to cover for you. Now it’s a two-on-one, bang, they hit a three. Come down next possession. Either if we do get a good shot and miss or if we don’t get a good shot or we turn the ball over, they come back down, bang, that’s a 6-0 run.”</p><p>Nick Nurse said the lack of offensive production exacerbating problems on defense “has been affecting us all year that way.” The demoralizing feeling of coming up empty on offense despite doing some of the right things, he explained, can hurt on defense. There’s also the problem of trying to stay on top of a long rebound and how easily it can allow opponents to get into transition.</p><p>The 76ers have been the worst offense in the NBA this season, so defense is already going to be more challenging. But even beyond any problems caused by poor shooting, Philly’s defense against LA was dismal.</p><h2><b>76ers’ offensive issues led to bad defense</b></h2><p>Poor transition defense is an easy way to spiral into a defeat. The 76ers didn’t bleed transition points — allowing 17, which was one fewer than they had and not an insanely high mark — but put themselves in horrible situations from the very start of possessions.</p><p>Sometimes, being put into a bind by bad offense is immediate and obvious. For example, Kris Dunn blowing up a dribble handoff in the first quarter led to a four-on-two fast break capped off by a Derrick Jones Jr. dunk. The Sixers committed 14 turnovers, right around their season average, but many of them were dead-ball turnovers, anyway.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/11/24/0022400274/114/dde07857-dee2-6d79-b4c1-ac2435c4dd57_1280x720.mp4?_=1" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Live-ball turnovers make defense extremely difficult. Coming down the other end after a missed shot creates some challenges, though not nearly at the same level. The mental switch from defense to offense must be quick and all five guys have to know what they’re doing. So long as NBA teams can do that, they can at least challenge an offense by delaying its initial looks and forcing shots deeper into the shot clock. The Sixers were not up to this task.</p><p>When the Clippers corralled a defensive rebound and immediately charged up the court, they put pressure on the Sixers to match up instantly and start guarding. Early in the game, James Harden caught them flatfooted and got right into the paint. Philly had matched up but wasn’t really ready to start defending. An athletic play by Kelly Oubre Jr. stopped Harden’s attempt but Ivica Zubac being ahead of everyone left him in a great position to secure the board.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/11/24/0022400274/30/6eb08fbf-954a-4a69-cd88-fce73b529d40_1280x720.mp4?_=2" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Bad defense makes good offense harder to come by. Scoring early in the shot clock is the most efficient but almost impossible to do when you have to inbound the ball. Offenses that manufacture the looks Harden just did find it much easier to score, though it requires rebounding, shooting, and the sense to play up-tempo — things that do not come easily for these Sixers.</p><p>The start of the third quarter really exemplified how misses can lead to makes for the opponent. The next offensive possession for the Clippers after they scored on a five-on-four break because Maxey fell down, they opened up an open corner three with a pair of cuts. The Sixers failed to button up and were totally unready when the curtain lifted. Amir Coffey actually missed the open triple but Dunn swooped in for the second-chance points.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/11/24/0022400274/369/4dea0e59-5190-9de3-d251-9d1d87127da9_1280x720.mp4?_=3" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Having a few more seconds to set up defense means having to deal with fewer mismatches. On this play, Harden gets Andre Drummond on him because he and Dunn are pushing the ball up the court unaccounted for. Drummond hasn’t been the most stout defender anyway but taking the tallest defender to the arc still means less size down low, especially against a small team like the Sixers.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/11/24/0022400274/401/0dda5d75-3a4c-f20b-cc76-fc9041d26665_1280x720.mp4?_=4" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>The Sixers need to get back on track defensively. Their shooting is woeful and not likely to change any time soon, barring the return (and retention in the lineup) of their injured stars. Attention to detail and effort on defense have to be consistent. It’s the least they can do while their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-gets-critical-update-amid-knee-swelling">primary sources of offense heal</a>.</p><p>“We try to keep talking about, ‘You gotta keep fighting, gotta keep pushing through.’ It’s difficult,” Maxey said. “It is difficult but you gotta keep going, gotta keep doing it every single time, man. We did a good job of just playing last game. They went on runs, we missed shots, we had bad possessions but every single time they made a push, we had an answer — and it has to be every single night.”</p><h2><b>76ers’ halfcourt defense gets picked apart</b></h2><p>The double-sided blade that the 76ers stabbed themselves with was sending two to the ball without any urgency and not helping on the backside. All double-teaming did for the Sixers was <a href="https://x.com/LAClippers/status/1860844840843461096" rel="noopener">take a defender out of the play</a>. It was as if the ball itself had enough gravitational pull to physically pull them out of position.</p><p>On this play, Guerschon Yabusele steps up to the level of the screen to cut off Kevin Porter Jr. The pass goes to Zubac and, just like that, the Clippers have numbers. Oubre has a long way to go to help but dying on the screen and not dashing over to the corner gifts Nico Batum a WIDE-open triple. It was a nice welcome-back present for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nico-batum-becomes-star-of-the-night-in-play-in-win-vs-heat">beloved former Sixe</a>r, at least.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/11/24/0022400274/234/9cb4bf34-ba14-62a5-ccea-f6595c6da933_1280x720.mp4?_=5" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>With the Sixers playing this loosely on defense, any run-of-the-mill NBA guard could have gotten great results out of their offense. But when one of the best playmakers of all time is in, it’s like Team USA facing a college team. The only things simpler than Zubac’s assists were Harden’s hockey assists.</p><p>Jones scored a pair of buckets in the paint because someone had to step up to guard Zubac. The big man had only four assists but his ability to catch and survey the floor allowed him to treat Philly’s defense like a doormat.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/11/24/0022400274/443/f33debc7-c536-4b94-3df9-5d1d2b22b1ec_1280x720.mp4?_=6" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>Harden had plenty of assists of his own — eight of them in just 27 minutes, the first of which coming just over two minutes into the game. Caleb Martin tagging Zubac on the roll dissuaded a pass from The Beard with the same level of resistance as a piece of cardboard in front of a charging bull. Then he got no help from his teammates down low. Big Zu sank the layup with ease.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/11/24/0022400274/21/253aabb3-97e6-6202-9f9b-7e8cfa6deab8_1280x720.mp4?_=7" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>That rep was bad and it only got worse.</p><p>Ahead of halftime, Zubac got another four-on-three advantage but had to start from the three-point line with a pass that was thrown behind him. It didn’t matter. He had plenty of space to charge ahead and throw down a dunk. In those scenarios, the Sixers have to decide if they want Martin to stop the ball right there and have everyone rotate behind him or have Yabusele step in with Martin splitting the difference between their two assignments.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2024/11/24/0022400274/304/774e7e02-92f3-081f-5576-e03519c387cf_1280x720.mp4?_=8" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>There’s no excuse for the 76ers playing this out of sorts. There’s going down without a fight, then there’s going down easily, then there’s 50 feet of crap and then there’s Philly’s defensive performance in this one. The shorthanded Sixers need to start giving themselves chances to win. After that, they can start figuring out how to actually win.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers’ Nick Nurse, Tyrese Maxey explain offensive woes cause defensive problems

<!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-jared-mccain-fire-back-at-undersized-backcourt-label');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain fire back at ‘undersized’ backcourt label');   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/2024/11/Tyrese-Maxey-Jared-McCain-fire-back-at-undersized-backcourt-label.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain fire back at ‘undersized’ backcourt label</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-23T08:14:48-08:00">November 23rd, 8:14am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-24T14:12:03-08:00">November 24th, 2:12pm</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Brooklyn Nets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Amid a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-scooby-doo-treatment-betting-favorite-snitch">challenging start to the season</a>, the Philadelphia 76ers’ backcourt duo of Tyrese Maxey and rookie Jared McCain are addressing concerns about their size and defensive capabilities. Despite the team’s 3-12 record, both guards have delivered standout performances, prompting discussions about their effectiveness together.</p><p>Maxey, standing at 6-foot-2, has been a consistent offensive force, averaging 25.2 points, 3.8 assists, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 41.5% from the field. When questioned about the perceived disadvantage of their stature, Maxey <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-jared-mccain-tyrese-maxey-guard-tandem-20241123.html" rel="noopener">told</a> the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Who says we are small? I don’t feel like I’m small.”</p><p>McCain, the 16th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, has emerged as a significant contributor. Over the past five games as a starter, the 6-foot-3 guard has averaged 26.6 points, 5.2 assists, and 2.8 rebounds, shooting 51.1% from the field and an impressive 48% from three-point range. According to StatsMuse, McCain’s scoring output during this stretch is the most by a rookie since Michael Jordan. Additionally, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-jared-mccain-sets-two-new-records-win-over-nets">McCain has set an NBA record</a> by making 24 three-pointers in his first five career starts. Currently, the Rookie of the Year frontrunner is averaging 16.5 points, 2.7 assists, and 2.3 rebounds per game, with shooting percentages of 48.4% from the field and 42.7% from beyond the arc.</p><h2>Jared McCain highlights effort as key to addressing 76ers backcourt size concerns</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jared-McCain-20-reacts-to-a-play-against-the-Brooklyn-Nets.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Addressing the skepticism surrounding their defensive capabilities, McCain expanded on why he believes the pairing can succeed.</p><p>“We both play hard,” he told the Inquirer. “I think a lot of the game is just playing hard. At this point, they’re going to try to get the mismatch. They’re going to have an offensive scheme to try to go at us. But as long as we play hard, I think we will be able to hold our own.”</p><p>He added, “That’s something that a lot of people don’t do. And I think we give a lot of effort, give a lot of energy, and I think we can make up for that.”</p><p>The 76ers have faced adversity this season, including injuries to key players such as Paul George, Joel Embiid, and Maxey. Despite these challenges, the team secured a 113-98 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-biggest-76ers-takeaways-vs-nets-nba-cup">victory over the Brooklyn Nets in their recent NBA Cup matchup</a>, offering a glimmer of hope.</p><p>Looking ahead, the 76ers continue their three-game home stretch with a matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers (10-7) on Sunday. The performance of Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain will be pivotal as the team seeks to improve its standing in the Eastern Conference.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain fire back at ‘undersized’ backcourt label

<!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-tim-hardaways-message-tyrese-maxey-joel-embiid-confrontation');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tim Hardaway’s NSFW message to 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey over Joel Embiid confrontation');   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/2024/11/76ers-news-Tim-Hardaways-NSFW-message-to-Tyrese-Maxey-over-Joel-Embiid-confrontation.jpg"></figure><h1>Tim Hardaway’s NSFW message to 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey over Joel Embiid confrontation</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-22T14:11:47-08:00">November 22nd, 2:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-22T16:12:36-08:00">November 22nd, 4:12pm</time><address><a>Kris Pursiainen</a>Kris Pursiainen is an Associate Editor for all sports based in the NJ/NYC area. Kris brings several years of experience reporting on and writing about professional teams to the table. With experience all over the country as a New York Knicks, New York Jets, New York Mets, Super Bowl LVIII, and Big East beat reporter, Kris has been breaking news and reporting on the NBA, NFL, MLB, and college basketball landscapes for years. Kris is a proud graduate of Fordham University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Brooklyn Nets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tim Hardaway Sr. joined The Mark Jackson Show to talk about his son, Don Nelson, Pat Riley, and more. Hardaway Sr. spoke on the situation unfolding with the Philadelphia 76ers involving <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-breaks-silence-on-joel-embiid-callout">the recent players-only meeting in which Tyrese Maxey confronted Joel Embiid</a>. The NBA Hall of Famer had plenty to say on the topic, including <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1qiuu4eK3Q&amp;t=1618s&amp;ab_channel=ComeAndTalk2Me" rel="noopener">sharing his interpretation</a> of what Maxey’s issue with Embiid’s behavior was.</p><p>“Maxey said the right thing, ‘yo Embiid, you’re taking this s**t for granted.’ Basically [Embiid’s] taking it for granted,” Hardaway said. “He’s taking his team for granted. He’s thinking he can do whatever the f**k he wants to do and another thing comes to places late. Always comes to places late, never on time. ‘That’s a problem to me, I’m [Maxey] here on time, you’re [Embiid] f***ing with my time now. I’ve got to wait for you, I might have something to do.'”</p><p>The five-time All-NBA point guard also dove into why someone as young as Maxey stepped up to address Embiid.</p><p>“That’s where it starts, it starts there and then they have to have a leader,” said the 13-year NBA veteran. “I don’t think Embiid is a leader and Paul George – he just got there, he doesn’t know what’s going on – he’s trying to figure it out.”</p><p>Hardaway sided with Maxey on his decision to step up and said that he would have done the same thing.</p><p>“So yeah, if I was Maxey, they’re looking at you like you’ve got to speak up – you were there in the playoffs every game, you played every game, you played when Embiid was out half the season with the knee injury,” the five-time NBA All-Star said. “So yeah, you’ve got to be the voice of the team, you’ve got to be the leader.”</p><h2><b>The 76ers have a get-right opportunity Friday against the Nets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Joel-Embiid-Nic-Claxton-Nets.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>If the 76ers want to hit the “reset” button on their season, they will have to do it by winning and staying out of headlines. They have an opportunity to start on Friday night. It’s an Emirates NBA Cup night which raises the stakes for the matchup against the Brooklyn Nets. Few, if any, predicted the Nets would be the Atlantic Division team with the better record at this point. But the 76ers are 2-12 and first-year head coach Jordi Fernandez’s team sits at 6-9.</p><p>Embiid is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-is-joel-embiid-playing-vs-nets-latest-nba-cup-injury-update">questionable for the game</a> but Philadelphia did get Maxey back Wednesday. If Embiid is available, it could swing the game the Sixers’ way. Nets’ center Nic Claxton is playing fewer minutes and recording lower point and rebound averages than in either of the last two seasons. His defensive-EPM thus far is -0.7 (61st percentile in the NBA). His defensive-EPM rating has not been below +0.7 since his rookie season. And it hasn’t been below +1.2 in either of the previous two years.</p><p>Regardless of Embiid’s status, the pressure once again falls on Maxey to lead the team. Paul George is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-critical-knee-injury-update-amid-recent-scare">out Friday night</a> and someone will have to match Cam Thomas’ scoring production for the 76ers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tim Hardaway’s NSFW message to 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey over Joel Embiid confrontation

<!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-richard-jefferson-disbelief-tyrese-maxey-adult-joel-embiid-controversy');   ga('set', 'title', 'Richard Jefferson in disbelief over Tyrese Maxey being the adult amid Joel Embiid controversy');   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/2024/11/76ers-news-Richard-Jefferson-in-disbelief-over-Tyrese-Maxey-being-the-adult-amid-Joel-Embiid-controversy.jpg"></figure><h1>Richard Jefferson in disbelief over Tyrese Maxey being the adult amid Joel Embiid controversy</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-20T18:31:29-08:00">November 20th, 6:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-20T18:31:29-08:00">November 20th, 6:31pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Things had to change for the Philadelphia 76ers after they suffered a blowout 106-89 loss to the Miami Heat on Monday. Moreover, the team knew it, too, and they held a team meeting to help them get back on track and diagnose the problem plaguing their season. Additionally, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-calls-out-joel-embiid-team-meeting-heat-debacle">Tyrese Maxey calling out star Joel Embiid</a> during the meeting surprised everyone, including ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson.</p><p>“I have never seen a player as great as this, as a Joel Embiid, have to be called out by some of the youngest players in his camp,” RJ said on NBA Countdown, per ClutchPoints on X, formerly Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I have never seen a player as great as this, as a Joel Embiid, have to be called out by some of the youngest players in his camp."</p><p>Richard Jefferson is SHOCKED that Joel Embiid had to be called out by younger Sixer players 🤯</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ESPNNBA</a>)<br> <a href="https://t.co/wevww8cfB7">pic.twitter.com/wevww8cfB7</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1859395577299206229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Fallout from 76ers team meeting</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Joel-Embiid-and-Tyrese-Maxey-in-a-game.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Richard Jefferson did say that team meetings happened all the time, and that younger players like Tyrese Maxey calling out the older veteran players like Joel Embiid was “sad,” calling the situation “the children parenting the adults.”</p><p>True enough, younger stars calling out older stars has happened before.</p><p>Famously, one of the reasons for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-shaquille-oneal-sets-record-straight-kobe-bryant-feud">Kobe-Shaq beef</a> in the early 2000s was Kobe’s dissatisfaction with Shaq’s work ethic, pointing out the big man coming into training camp out of shape then playing himself into shape during the season.</p><p>However, the difference between Kobe-Shaq and Maxey-Embiid was that the Lakers’ dynamic duo had feuded during their monumental three-peat.</p><p>Meanwhile, Joel Embiid hasn’t reached a Conference Finals a single time in his career, not for lack of trying, though.</p><p>Another difference is that Maxey’s comments about Embiid’s tardiness came out of their close friendship, per reports. Likewise, they reportedly have a history of <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/42486989/sources-tyrese-maxey-challenged-joel-embiid-76ers-meeting" rel="noopener">holding each other accountable.</a></p><p>“Tyrese loves Big Fella, but this is the elephant in the room,” one 76ers source told NBA insider Shams Charania, per his report for ESPN.</p><p>Likewise, Maxey pointed out how Embiid’s tardiness affected everyone on the team, from the players to the coaching staff, which may have had something to do with on-court chemistry issues.</p><p>On the other hand, Embiid accepted the comments, but also mentioned how sometimes he didn’t know what the team was doing on the court, seemingly laying the blame on coach Nick Nurse’s feet.</p><h2><b>Reasons to hope?</b></h2><p>Still, if there was a silver lining to all this drama for 76ers fans, it’s that the Big Three of Maxey, Embiid, and Paul George has yet to play a game together.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-expected-to-miss-multiple-weeks-with-hamstring-injury">Maxey hasn’t played since November 7</a> because of a right hamstring strain, while Embiid has just recently returned after missing the start of the season.</p><p>Meanwhile, Paul George has played in six of their last 13 games, but his play has shown some major regression, perhaps partly because of his left knee bone bruise.</p><p>Still, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-its-too-early-panic-about-bucks-76ers-siegels-scoop">76ers’ 2-11 start in a weaker Eastern Conference</a> might not seem like a death sentence at this point of the season.</p><p>Fans hope this team meeting should wake the team up and force them to manufacture wins while waiting for their stars to share the court, finally.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Richard Jefferson in disbelief over Tyrese Maxey being the adult amid Joel Embiid controversy

<!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-lou-williams-on-why-tyrese-maxey-joel-embiid-conversation-is-overblown');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lou Williams on why 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey-Joel Embiid conversation is overblown');   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/2024/11/Lou-Williams-on-why-Tyrese-Maxey-Joel-Embiid-conversation-is-overblown.jpg"></figure><h1>Lou Williams on why 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey-Joel Embiid conversation is overblown</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-20T15:31:26-08:00">November 20th, 3:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-20T15:31:26-08:00">November 20th, 3:31pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was a major story when it was revealed that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-philadelphias-locker-room-situation">Philadelphia 76ers had a team meeting after they lost to the Miami Heat</a> Monday night, leading to a 2-11 start. A crucial part of the story was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-calls-out-joel-embiid-team-meeting-heat-debacle">76ers star Tyrese Maxey holding Joel Embiid accountable</a> for timeliness, which former basketball player Lou Williams clarified the situation.</p><p>While the reactions from the conversation between Maxey and Embiid was that the former called out the big-man, it wasn’t that in the slightest per Williams. He was on the show “Run It Back,” where he said<a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1859352169344008477" rel="noopener"> he spoke with several people who know of the situation,</a> and it was just a talk of everybody being on the same page.</p><p>“Coincidentally, I can give you guys an inside scoop on this thing because one way or another, I ended up on the phone with a few of the guys from the 76ers, and by all accounts, this was kind of blown out of proportion,” Williams said. “You know, the idea of Tyrese [Maxey] calling Joel [Embiid] out and how it’s been portrayed in the media as, you know, one of these types of blow-up things, you know, from my understanding, they just had a conversation on accountability.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“This was kind of blown out of proportion… From my understanding, [Tyrese Maxey &amp; Joel Embiid] just had a conversation on accountability… They were sitting next to each other when we were on the phone laughing.”</p><p>– Lou Williams</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/RunItBackFDTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RunItBackFDTV</a>)<a href="https://t.co/S66CLUz2HA">pic.twitter.com/S66CLUz2HA</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1859352169344008477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Lou Williams clears up 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid situation</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Joel-Embiid-and-Tyrese-Maxey-on-April-12-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>There was no doubt that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-dumbfounded-by-crazy-end-of-streak-that-started-in-2018">76ers losing to the Heat</a> was a rough outing as they led by as much as 19 points but ultimately lost by 17 points. Philadelphia would have a team meeting after where head coach Nick Nurse didn’t speak to the media for almost an hour as Williams gave more context on the conversation between Embiid and Maxey.</p><p>“Just keeping everybody in check, you know,” Williams said.” And sometimes you got to have that as a team, just making sure we all on the same page. ‘Hey, bro, we understand you’re not going to play in these games, but, you know, team meetings and all of that is important for you to be there. It’s important for you to be there on time.’ So from my understanding, that was the nature of the conversation, that was the context of a conversation.”</p><p>“It wasn’t as much of Tyrese Maxey challenging Joel Embiid as it’s been stated,” Williams continued. You know, it wasn’t a conversation about accountability, by all accounts, those guys are doing just fine. They were sitting next to each other when we were on the phone, laughing and giggling and having a good time and trying to get this team back on the same page. And so that from what I understand, that was the context of the conversation, not as much of the negative stuff that’s trying to come out at this point.”</p><p>At any rate, the 76ers had massive expectations, and seeing a 2-11 start should be alarming as they look to turn the season around against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lou Williams on why 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey-Joel Embiid conversation is overblown

<!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-breaks-silence-on-joel-embiid-callout');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey breaks silence on Joel Embiid callout in 76ers meeting');   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/2024/11/Tyrese-Maxey-breaks-silence-on-Joel-Embiid-callout.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey breaks silence on Joel Embiid callout in 76ers meeting</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-20T08:08:44-08:00">November 20th, 8:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-20T08:30:48-08:00">November 20th, 8:30am</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 have tallied more out-of-the-ordinary stories than wins to begin the 2024-25 season. The follow-up to Joel Embiid’s injury-reporting fiasco and Embiid shoving a local newspaper columnist has been a team meeting that featured, among other things, Tyrese Maxey confronting Joel Embiid about his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-frustrated-response-joel-embiid-gave-tyrese-maxey-callout">tardiness for team events.</a></p><p>It was very bold of Maxey to call Embiid out. On top of wanting to get through to his co-star, he said that he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5933843/2024/11/19/tyrese-maxey-joel-embiid-76ers-meeting/" rel="noopener">wanted to motivate the team</a> and that everyone understands the dire situation at hand, according to Tony Jones of The Athletic.</p><p>“I wanted to speak up,” Maxey said, via The Athletic. “I felt the need to do that because I wanted to share that we are better than what we have shown on the floor. There was a lot said, but it is what it is. We said what we had to say and we have to figure out a way to move on to the rest of the season. Everyone understands what’s at stake. Everyone is feeling the hurt.”</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey looking to help 76ers turn the tides from rough start to season</b></h2><p>While Maxey is and should be empowered to be a leader for the 76ers, challenging Embiid puts the spotlight on himself, too. He needs to play better once he returns from a hamstring injury to justify calling out the franchise player who, while not off to a good start either, has carried the franchise for over half a decade.</p><p>Before the defeat at the hands of the Miami Heat that sparked the team meeting and all this drama leaking to the public, Maxey sent a cryptic tweet and clarified that he still believes in his team. Heading into their next game, their record is 2-11, tied with the Washington Wizards for the worst in the Eastern Conference. They <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-season-already-crossroads-drama-filled-2-11-start">need to turn things</a> around starting now.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Let me rephrase this…. Yall don’t give up on us yet!!! I believe in this team!!! <a href="https://t.co/b212CMDGtT">https://t.co/b212CMDGtT</a></p><p>— Tyrese Maxey (@TyreseMaxey) <a href="https://twitter.com/TyreseMaxey/status/1858226619099512967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After missing six games, Maxey <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-injury-return-target-date-revealed-amid-team-turmoil">may return to the lineup</a> on Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies. Embiid and Paul George are not listed on the injury report, which suggests that it could be the first game that Philly’s new Big 3 plays together.</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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