Amazing Tyrese Maxey revives Sixers without Embiid in Toronto

it wasn’t Joel EmbidBut he was there. Tyrese Maxsey He started and took everything that was put in front of him in Toronto, reviving the Sixers without Cameroon’s center due to a knee injury (90-112). Sweet, a point guard ready to take flight to the next level, an explosive solo player 21 years reached 44 points (15/20 from the field, a devastating 9/12 from 3), a new individual scorer since Wednesday’s 31st. And he gave the absolute definition of perfection in the first part: 10/10 on pitch.

“I’m happy. This is morning, night, video work. I work every summer, but this is my last summer.But it was a win for everyone,” Maxie declared after the game, joining shoulders with Allen Iverson, the only player to score 40 or more points before turning 22. Point guard said, and the Philadelphia 76ers appealed to team spirit in the most delicate and soulless moments without Embiid hitting back against the Raptors. Juancho Hernangomez He played the last three minutes.And without that improved version James Harden Somewhat faded on the trip to Toronto, where he had 11 points on 4/9 shooting, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 turnovers.Finally the rest came up and 13 points Deanthony Melton 13 of Tobias Harris and 9’s Montrez Harrell We embroidered it on defense and shooting (4/4).

The Sixers, currently trailing 2-4, have already marked territory in the first half (65-48), with their formula of speed and consistency working brilliantly. Not only to create, but also to concentrate on attacking and executing in blows with Maxie. penetrating and triple And most of all, the long-awaited team recognition was felt on defense, almost 30 points Less than Wednesday.If Nick Nurse drew a cartoon of Doc Rivers and “Philly” on a whiteboard on Wednesday, Rivers himself now smeared it with dirt. 39% -52% Philadelphia on field goals, 23% -42% visitors on triples.

The Sixers’ coaches have achieved their initial objective of reducing the passing ability of their players. Pascal Siakam“I have to put more pressure on him,” he said before the game. The African tallied his 26 points but had just six assists, less than half as many as Wednesday (13). Contrary to the image of defeat, the Pennsylvanian Army’s most notorious victims of the applied defenses were Freed VanVleet Wednesday is 15-pointers and 0/11 shots from the field.too many to make up for in 19 of AnunobyTrent Jr.’s 14 or 13 Scotty Burns.

Rivers’ brilliant decision Zone 2-3 The Raptors didn’t find a solution before then. The Sixers played more orderly and with more energy. defensive rotationfound the perfect balance to collapse the zone and came out on the perimeter as Toronto found Freeman. PJ Tucker After Wednesday’s nonsense, he was an improvement paradigm, scoring five points, but best of all was a solid defense that added +12 to Rivers’ men.

raptors they tormented hardon His 2×1 and ‘Barba’ loss saw the Nurse’s push the defense into the 3rd quarter to leave the Sixers with 16 points and 6 with 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter (64-70).However Maxxie He exploded again (70-81 at the end of the third quarter) and finished the job with 13 points in the final quarter. “All of them, not just Maxie, contributed to today’s win, but there’s still a long way to go,” Doc Rivers stressed happily but cautiously. Philadelphia smiles in relief.