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Currently on a five-game winning streak, the 76ers (44-35) return home to play the Detroit Pistons (13-65) on Tuesday night. The Sixers end their regular season with three consecutive home games against Detroit, Orlando (Fri.), and Brooklyn (Sun.).

Philadelphia’s fifth-straight win came in double-overtime fashion Sunday night in San Antonio, a 133-126 victory on the second night of a back-to-back after winning in Memphis.

The Sixers saw a 14-point lead turn into a 10-point halftime deficit and still trailed by seven heading into the fourth quarter. No. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama posted 33 points (11-20 fg, 5-10 3fg, 6-7 ft), 18 rebounds, six assists (nine turnovers), and seven blocks for the Spurs.

“We could have easily said, ‘This is not our night, the second night of a back-to-back,’” Nico Batum said of the team being without Joel Embiid and Kyle Lowry, among others.

Tyrese Maxey sent the game to overtime with a layup to tie the game, 111-111, after a timeout and Batum inbounds pass with just 2.7 seconds left in regulation. Maxey scored a career-high 52 points.

“He didn’t give up,” Batum said of Maxey. “He led the way for us. He kept fighting. If your best player keeps playing that way, [it’s] like ‘Come on guys, we have to keep playing and supporting,’ and we did that. It’s a big win for us.”

Batum connected on multiple clutch 3-pointers, including one to stretch the Sixers’ lead to two possessions (131-126) late in the second overtime. Ricky Council IV - who made a huge impact alongside KJ Martin late in the game - delivered the key pass. 76ers Head Coach Nick Nurse put Council IV (11 points) into the game for the first time in the fourth quarter and never took him out. The coach praised the rookie’s defense postgame, before discussing those critical overtime sequences:

“He made a layup, he got fouled, and made an incredible pass out to Nico [Batum],” Nurse said of Council IV. “The left-hand wraparound [pass] - that was really the dagger play a little bit. So he was good. He plays hard, he plays hard.”

With the win over the Spurs and a Miami Heat (43-35) loss to the Indiana Pacers (45-34), the Sixers moved past Miami and into seventh place between those two teams in the Eastern Conference standings.

The Sixers are 3-0 against the Pistons this season, with all three contests taking place almost four months ago or earlier: Nov. 10 (114-106 PHI) and Dec. 13 (129-111 PHI) in Detroit, and Dec. 15 (124-92 PHI) in Philadelphia.

The Pistons (13-65) are last in the Eastern Conference. They are on a four-game losing streak and hold a 1-12 record since mid-March.

Most recently, Detroit fell 113-103 in Brooklyn on Saturday. The Pistons will wrap up their four-game road trip and a stretch of seven of eight away from home when they visit Philadelphia. Cade Cunningham posted 36 points, four rebounds, eight assists, and two steals against the Nets. He averages a team-high 22.7 points and 7.5 assists per contest.

Malachi Flynn - a 5.3 point-per-game player acquired at the trade deadline - scored a career-high 50 points (18-25 fg, 5-9 3fg, 9-12 ft) off the bench in Atlanta on April 3. He is only the third player in NBA history with a 50-point game off the bench (Nick Anderson, Jamal Crawford).

The Pistons have had 31 different players appear in a game, one behind this season’s Memphis Grizzlies (32) for the most in NBA history.

Pistons players listed as out leading up to Tuesday’s game in Philadelphia include: Simone Fontecchio (left great toe; contusion), Quentin Grimes (right knee contusion), Isaiah Stewart (right hamstring strain), Ausar Thompson (illness), and Stanley Umude (right ankle fracture). Evan Fournier (right knee soreness) is probable and Cade Cunnigham (left knee injury management) is questionable.

Robert Covington (left knee bone bruise) remains out for the Sixers. Joel Embiid (left knee injury recovery), Tobias Harris (left knee contusion), Kyle Lowry (left knee effusion), Tyrese Maxey (left hip tightness), and De’Anthony Melton (back; lumbar spine bone stress) are all questionable.

Melton has been out since Jan. 15, with the exception of returning for three games in late February.

“I got a tap on the shoulder at the beginning of the fourth quarter telling me we need energy and they’re looking for energy, so be ready,” Council IV said. “Coach came back with the board. My name was on the board. So that type of confidence - them knowing I have that type of energy to impact the game - was big, so I had to go out there and do it. And we came out with the win.”

Tyrese Maxey on his determination to play 54 minutes (52 points) in Sunday’s double-overtime win in San Antonio…

“We know how important these games are. It's playoff time. Postseason time. I didn't want to let us lose. I wanted to do whatever I could. Exert all my energy. I could live with the result after that.”

Tuesday’s 76ers-Pistons game is a 7 p.m. EDT start in South Philadelphia.

On another “Spirit of 76 Night,” presented by Crypto.com, the Sixers will wear their navy City Edition uniforms against the Pistons in their white Association Edition uniforms.

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Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 18 points in a 76ers 102-115 loss against the Phoenix Suns on March 20, 2024.

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Philadelphia 76ers vs. Phoenix Suns (March 20, 2024)

The 76ers and Miami Heat enter their Monday meeting in Philadelphia with identical 37-30 records, as the Eastern Conference playoff picture continues to take shape.

The Heat currently hold the tiebreaker for the seventh seed in the East as a result of a 2-0 lead in the regular season series, with the wins taking place on Christmas (119-113) and Valentine’s Day (109-104). Following Monday’s contest, the series will conclude on April 4 in Florida.

“I know it's that close, I know that,” Philadelphia’s Nico Batum said Sunday. “We've just got to focus on one game at a time. I know it's cliché, but it's pretty much true right now. It's a big game against an Eastern Conference rival. We just have to go out there and win… They need that game as well, so it's going to be a big fight.”

Tyrese Maxey scored a game-high 30 points for the Sixers in the most recent showdown between the two teams, while teammates Buddy Hield (22 points, 10 assists) and Paul Reed (18 points, 12 rebounds) each notched a double-double. That Feb. 14 game featured 21 lead changes and 15 ties.

During the home win on Christmas night, Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. posted 31 points and 10 rebounds in 39:29 of action - all of which remain career-high totals.

The Sixers are coming off a 109-98 home victory over Charlotte on Saturday. Maxey led all scorers with another 30-point game.

“I think guys did a good job of getting back to what they do best,” Maxey said postgame. “And when we do that, I think we’re pretty good.”

Philadelphia is 13-0 this season when holding their opponent to fewer than 100 points.

Later this week, the Sixers embark on a four-game road trip that visits Phoenix, Los Angeles (Lakers and Clippers), and Sacramento between Wednesday and Monday.

The Heat (37-30) will face the second half of a back-to-back in Philadelphia, after narrowly defeating the Pistons, 104-101, Sunday in Detroit. Bam Adebayo (20 points, game-high 17 rebounds) made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer for Miami.

Duncan Robinson scored a game-high 30 points, while shooting 7-for-12 from beyond the arc. Robinson became the fastest player to reach 1,000 career 3-pointers in NBA history at 343 games, surpassing now-76er Buddy Hield who did so in 350 games.

Jimmy Butler (21.4 ppg), Tyler Herro (20.8 ppg), and Adebayo (19.9 ppg) lead the Heat in scoring, but Butler and Herro did not play Sunday.

Miami last played without Jimmy Butler (right foot contusion), Tyler Herro (right foot medial tendinitis), Kevin Love (right heel bruise), Nikola Jovic (right hamstring strain), and Josh Richardson (right shoulder surgery).

Joel Embiid (left knee meniscus procedure), Robert Covington (left knee bone bruise), and De’Anthony Melton (back, lumbar spine bone stress) remain out Monday. Tobias Harris (right ankle sprain) is questionable.

Buddy Hield on eventually playing with Joel Embiid…

“I just know that right now, we just got to win games until he gets back. I know when he gets back, it will be a whole different style of basketball. That’s all I know. We are just trying to sustain this storm right now until he gets back. It’s going to be a whole different style of basketball because I’ve been on the other side - where I had to prepare to guard him - and the guy is getting traps all day. So, what we are playing now is a wholly different game.”

Monday’s contest is set for 7:30 p.m. ET in Philadelphia.

The 76ers are scheduled to wear their royal blue Icon Edition uniforms, while the Heat will wear their red Statement Edition uniforms.

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The 76ers (36-30) are back home in South Philadelphia, meeting the Charlotte Hornets (17-50) or the fourth and final time this season.

It’ll be a bounce-back opportunity for Philadelphia, after a hard-fought battle in Milwaukee Thursday resulted in a 114-105 loss.

Tyrese Maxey recorded his 18th 30-plus point outing - his 31st 25-plus point performance - of his first All-Star season Thursday. Maxey has been elite on Milwaukee’s home court of late, scoring at least 25 points in each of his last four games at Fiserv Forum. He’s scored 20-plus in his last six games against the Bucks.

Saturday at home, the Sixers will look to complete the regular season series sweep over the Hornets, after winning each of the first three matchups between the teams.

The first win came Dec. 16 in Charlotte, as the Sixers notched a lopsided 135-82 win over the Hornets behind Joel Embiid’s 42-point, 15-rebound double-double. Maxey added 21 points in the win.

The second victory came Jan. 20, also in Charlotte, with Embiid notching another dominant double-double, finishing with 33 points and 10 boards. Tobias Harris scored 21 in that win while Maxey added 16 points and eight assists.

The most recent meeting between the Sixers and Hornets was Mar. 1 in Philadelphia, a 121-114 win. Maxey and Harris each scored 30-plus, with Maxey leading the way with a 33-point, six-rebound, five-assist outing, while Harris notched a 31-point, 12-rebound double-double, plus four assists and two steals.

Following Saturday’s contest, the Sixers will host Miami before setting out on a four-game swing through the Western Conference, featuring visits to Phoenix, Los Angeles (Lakers and Clippers), and Sacramento between March 20-25.

The Hornets (17-50) will face the latter end of a back-to-back in Philadelphia, after falling to the Phoenix Suns, 107-96, Friday in Charlotte.

Prior to their current back-to-back, the Hornets lost seven of their last 10, but won their most recent outing, 110-98, over the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday.

LaMelo Ball has not played since Jan. 26 (right ankle tendinopathy), but led Charlotte in scoring through his 22 games played this season (23.9 ppg).

Saturday’s matchup marks the first stop on a four-game road trip for Charlotte, with subsequent visits to Orlando, Atlanta, and Cleveland.

Joel Embiid (left knee meniscus procedure), Robert Covington (left knee bone bruise), and De’Anthony Melton (back, lumbar spine bone stress) remain out Saturday. Tobias Harris (right ankle sprain) is questionable.

Saturday’s game is set for 7 p.m. ET in Philadelphia.

The 76ers are scheduled to wear their navy City Edition uniforms, while the Hornets will wear their white Association Edition uniforms.

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After a split in New York, the 76ers (36-29) continue their three-game road trip by visiting the Milwaukee Bucks (42-24) on Thursday.

The Sixers are 0-2 against the Bucks this season, including a one-point road loss in Milwaukee in the season opener on Oct. 26. Damian Lillard scored a game-high 39 points (17-17 ft), while Tyrese Maxey countered with 31 points and a game-high eight assists. Kelly Oubre Jr. poured in 27 points (9-11 fg, 5-6 3fg, 4-4 ft) off the bench in his Sixers’ debut. The Bucks won in Philadelphia more recently, 119-98, on Feb. 26.

Most recently, the Sixers fell to the New York Knicks on Tuesday by a final score of 106-79. Josh Hart led the Knicks with his fourth triple-double of the season: 20 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists. Maxey scored 17 points in his return to action following a four-game absence due to a concussion. The Sixers are 7-12 without Joel Embiid (left knee meniscus procedure) since Feb. 1.

“Its disappointing to be sitting here [after a loss] because we made some huge

strides in the last six quarters,” 76ers head coach Nick Nurse said postgame.

The 42-24 Bucks return from a four-game West Coast road trip in which they went 1-3. On Tuesday in Sacramento, the Kings defeated the Bucks by 35 points, 129-94. The loss snapped a 15-game winning streak against the Kings, which was the longest active streak in the NBA for any team against an opponent.

The Bucks’ lone win on the trip was Sunday over the LA Clippers, who were without both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, in addition to Russell Westbrook. Now set to host the Sixers, Milwaukee boasts a 25-7 home record.

The first-year duo of Giannis Antetokounmpo (30.8 ppg, 11.2 rpg) and Damian Lillard (24.4 ppg, 6.8 apg) continues to lead the Bucks.

Joel Embiid (left knee meniscus procedure), De’Anthony Melton (back; lumbar spine bone stress), and Robert Covington (left knee bone bruise) remain out for the 76ers.

The Bucks listed four players with injuries on the Wednesday evening injury report: Malik Beasley (questionable - back spasms), MarJon Beauchamp (questionable - back spasms), Patrick Beverley (probable - right hip soreness), and Khris Middleton (out - left ankle sprain).

Tyrese Maxey on going through the concussion protocol…

“It was a lot of different steps. Working out by myself, one-on-one, then being able to do

a full contact practice and had to run on the treadmill. It was difficult. It was my first time

having a concussion and I never knew what it felt like. It was a weird feeling, a very

weird feeling, but I’m glad I can be back out there with my guys.”

Thursday’s game is set for 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. local) in Milwaukee.

The Sixers will wear their white Association Edition uniforms in Milwaukee, with the Bucks expected to sport their black Statement Edition uniforms.

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Paul Reed recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds against the New Orleans Pelicans in a 103-95 Philadelphia 76ers loss on March 8, 2024.

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Philadelphia 76ers vs. New Orleans Pelicans (March 8, 2024)

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