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76ers president Daryl Morey has big plans to build NBA title team around Embiid and Maxey
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Say goodbye to the 76ers. No, not Joel Embiid. Tyrese Maxey is sticking around, too. Nick Nurse seems like a perfect long-term fit as coach. But for the rest of the Sixers? It's time to pretty much wish them well, with just about the entire team...
76ers waste another season of Embiid's prime. Will they ever make a run at an NBA championship?
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid gingerly plopped into his seat set to explain yet another season-ending playoff loss, a familiar scene year-after-year for Philadelphia’s oft-injured All-Star center. Embiid, though, wasn’t alone. He usually dissects defeats by himself on the news conference...
Knicks' trio of Villanova stars help them advance to 2nd round of East playoffs
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Josh Hart rattled a box of candy — “Mike and Ike’s, baby!” — to explain where he found the energy boost to hit the winning 3-pointer in Game 6. Hart then turned to his left and raised his right hand, expecting some love from Jalen Brunson. Brunson left...
Knicks advance to the Eastern Conference semis, topping 76ers 118-115 in Game 6
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With a frenzied Philly crowd clamoring for defense, Josh Hart hesitated for just a second after Jalen Brunson passed him the ball from the left wing before Hart realized the 76ers weren't playing any D on him. Left alone at the top of the arc, Hart let it fly. ...
Sixers owners buy 2,000 tickets for home playoff game, aiming for fewer Knicks fans in arena
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bradley Cooper rocked a Dr. J jacket from his courtside seat at Game 6. The A-list actor had a few more 76ers fans join him Thursday night for Philadelphia's playoff game against New York — about 2,000 more courtesy of ticket giveaways from Sixers ownership. ...
Tyrese Maxey saves Sixers from elimination with huge finish in OT win that cuts Knicks' lead to 3-2
NEW YORK (AP) — Tyrese Maxey made his Madison Square Garden memory, engineering a season-saving comeback with a rapid-fire flurry that evoked memories of Reggie Miller. Not that he was thinking about his own legacy as those 3-pointers fell through the net. “Going...
New York Knicks reserve Bojan Bogdanovic will have foot surgery and miss the rest of the playoffs
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Knicks swingman Bojan Bogdanovic will have surgery on his left foot and miss the rest of the playoffs. Bogdanovic, who had played well off the bench to help the Knicks take a 3-1 lead over the Philadelphia 76ers, was hurt in Game 4 on Sunday when Nicolas...
Bucks and 76ers, who had high expectations this season, face early elimination Tuesday in Game 5s
NEW YORK (AP) — Perhaps neither Milwaukee nor Philadelphia would've been good enough to beat a Boston team that ran away to the NBA's best record. The Bucks and 76ers surely never thought about going out in the first round of the playoffs, though. Both teams will be...
Brunson scores career playoff-high 47 points, leads Knicks over 76ers for 3-1 lead
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Brunson had just finished the highest-scoring game of his playoff career, the highest ever by a New York Knicks player in the postseason, and he was impressed. Not by his own performance. Brunson loathes talking about that. He meant by the...
Health issues nag Sixers, Clippers and Bucks as they try to erase 2-1 deficits in the NBA playoffs
Health issues hang over the Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks, with all three teams trailing 2-1 in their first-round playoff series going into their respective Game 4s on Sunday. Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns are mostly healthy but facing...
