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Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via The Sixers will look to gain a 2-1 edge in their series against the Celtics in Boston Friday night. In-Season Tournament or not, this has been a bizarrely front-loaded schedule. The Sixers are in Boston tonight to take on the Celtics. It’ll be the third matchup between the rivals in less than 20 games so far this season. With both teams taking a game in their two November matchups in Philadelphia, this is a big one in terms of getting the tie-breaker for playoff seeding scenarios. This won’t be an easy one for the Sixers,...

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via You had plenty of questions about Zach LaVine, where Kelly Oubre, Jr. fits when he returns and much more. I did my best to give answers. It’s hard to believe the Sixers are nearly a quarter of the way into their season, but here we are. The team has mostly performed above expectations, sitting at 12-6, just two games back of the Celtics for the top spot in the East — with a matchup looming in Boston Friday night. With Joel Embiid looking even better than he did during his MVP campaign, Tyrese Maxey ascending into stardom...

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Embiid was a late scratch on Wednesday night in New Orleans with an illness. With another meeting looming tomorrow with the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid is currently listed as questionable. Joel Embiid is listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game against the Boston Celtics with an illness. Nic Batum (hyperextended right index finger) and Jaden Springer (illness) are probable. Danuel House Jr. (left quad bruise) and Kelly Oubre Jr. (fractured rib) are out, according…—...

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports Welcome back, Tsunami Papi. Kelly Oubre Jr. accompanied the Sixers on their mini-road trip, with Nick Nurse hinting at a possible return in the near future. Now, we have a better idea of when Oubre Jr. will return, with Shams Charania of The Athletic reporting that there’s a chance he’ll play on Dec. 6 against the Washington Wizards. After suffering a fractured rib on Nov. 11, Philadelphia 76ers forward Kelly Oubre Jr. is targeting a return to action next week, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. There is a chance Oubre plays as soon...

Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Tobias Harris and the gang have hit a few bumps in the road, but experts are still buying stock on the 76ers. It’s time to take stock of your fourth place (12-6) Philadelphia 76ers. Midway through November, after beating the Boston Celtics, the 76ers were actually in first place in the East. They were clicking on all cylinders and things were exciting in both football with the Eagles and basketball with the Sixers. Well, not everything is quite as rosy lately, as this Sixers team proceeded to drop five...

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Robert Covington has returned to the place where his basketball career took off and showing he still has plenty to offer the Sixers. It wasn’t that long ago that Sixers fans felt doom and gloom. Another star Sixer demanded out in a three-year period, the team was strapped for assets to improve, and the Sixers’ offseason as a whole was viewed as underwhelming. However, that all changed with the James Harden trade, which brought back Nico Batum, Marcus Morris, Sr., KJ Martin, draft capital, and our old friend Robert Covington. There...

Photo by Sean Gardner/ It was an ugly one in New Orleans as the Pelicans stomped the Philadelphia 76ers sans Joel Embiid 124-114 on Wednesday night. Bell Ringer Season Totals: Joel Embiid - 6 Tyrese Maxey - 5 Tobias Harris - 2 Kelly Oubre Jr. - 1 De’Anthony Melton - 1 Jaden Springer - 1 Paul Reed - 1 The Philadelphia 76ers were without Joel Embiid and without life as they were dismantled by the New Orleans Pelicans 124-114 (but it really wasn’t that close). Embiid was a late scratch for this one due to illness and boy was he missed to an almost-frightening...

Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via The Sixers played their second game without Joel Embiid this season ... and went even worse than the first time. Yeah, just completely throw that one away. For the first time this year, the Sixers got clobbered, falling 124-114 to the New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday night. The final score is a little deceiving as the Sixers trailed by 20 points or so for most of the contest. Tyrese Maxey led all scorers with 33 points, shooting 13-of-25 from the field. Zion Williamson had 33 points as well, going a perfect 11-of-11 from the field,...

Game Details Who: Philadelphia 76ers vs. New Orleans Pelicans When: 8:00 pm EST Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA Watch: NBC Sports Philadelphia Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic Follow: @LibertyBallers

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/ Joel Embiid was scratched with an illness just a half hour before the Sixers tipped off against the Pelicans. Just 30 minutes before the scheduled tip off, Joel Embiid was ruled out for tonight’s contest against the New Orleans Pelicans due to an illness. In his place, the Sixers will go with a small-ball lineup, inserting Marcus Morris Sr. into the unit. This will be Morris’ second start this season, his last coming a week ago when Embiid missed a loss in Minnesota. Morris put up 16 points, shooting 50% from the field and 60% from...

Can the Sixers make it three wins in a row with a W against Zion Williamson and the 9-9 Pelicans? Game Details Who: Philadelphia 76ers vs. New Orleans Pelicans When: 8:00 pm EST Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA Watch: NBC Sports Philadelphia Radio: 97.5 The Fanatic Follow: @LibertyBallers

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via LeBron James and Tyrese Maxey appear to have mutual admiration for one another. On Monday, the Sixers handed LeBron James the worst loss of his 21-year NBA career. After the game, Tyrese Maxey heaped praise on the soon-to-be 39-year-old. “The numbers, everything speaks for itself,” Maxey said. “He’s also someone who’s pretty good at basketball. And I feel like his work ethic now, in Year 21, it hasn’t slowed down, which is the crazy part to me. Like, he’s still trying to get there early. “When we worked out at 6...

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via It’s only 17 games into season, but the Joel Embiid-Tyrese Maxey two-man game looks borderline unstoppable. When the Sixers were attempting to lure JJ Redick to Philly in free agency back in 2017, then-head coach Brett Brown’s pitch was simple: The two-man game between Redick and second-year big man Joel Embiid could be unstoppable. Brown wasn’t wrong. Redick and Embiid put defenses through hell in their two seasons together. The combination of Redick’s lethal jump shot that he could get off at just about any angle paired with the...

Photo by Tom Pennington/ For years fans desperately wanted Jay Wright to leave Villanova to become the Sixers head coach. Well, apparently it almost happened. For what felt like decades, fans had desperately wanted Jay Wright to leave his post at Villanova and take the head coaching job with the Sixers. Well, apparently it almost happened. On a recent appearance on the Poz 5 Pod, Wright admitted that he nearly took the job when Ed Stefanski was the Sixers’ general manager. Jay Wright admits he was seriously considering taking the Sixers’ head coaching job when Ed...

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/ Fresh off a dominant win against the Lakers, the Sixers are on the road for a test against Zion Williamson’s Pelicans. The Sixers completely dominated in their last outing with a 138-94 win against the Lakers. Led by Joel Embiid’s 30-11-11 triple-double, Tyrese Maxey’s 31 points and eight dimes, and 22 made threes as a team, the Sixers built well off Saturday’s win against a strong Thunder team. On Wednesday, the Sixers will be back on the road against the Pelicans. Statistically, New Orleans have been rather average across the board this...