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Inside the NBA MVP Race: Jokic's consistency was key, and No. 1 picks were denied the trophy again

May. 08, 2024 20:08 PM EDT

A look at some notes and numbers surrounding the NBA's MVP race this season: ___ MULTIPLE TOP 10s Denver's Nikola Jokic was the only player in the league to rank among the top 10 in points (10th), rebounds (4th) and assists (3rd) per game this season,...

76ers president Daryl Morey has big plans to build NBA title team around Embiid and Maxey

May. 06, 2024 15:15 PM EDT

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?

May. 03, 2024 13:02 PM EDT

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 advance to the Eastern Conference semis, topping 76ers 118-115 in Game 6

May. 03, 2024 01:20 AM EDT

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

May. 02, 2024 21:50 PM EDT

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

Apr. 30, 2024 23:29 PM EDT

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...

Bucks and 76ers, who had high expectations this season, face early elimination Tuesday in Game 5s

Apr. 29, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

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

Apr. 29, 2024 10:52 AM EDT

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

Apr. 27, 2024 16:01 PM EDT

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...

76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid says he has Bell's palsy

Apr. 26, 2024 10:45 AM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him since before the play-in tournament. Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after he scored 50 points in the Sixers' Game 3...