Maxey shines in his new role as the 76ers’ sixth man.
with his own win this Thursday over the Portland Trail Blazers by 105-95The Philadelphia 76ers added their own fourth straight winall of them as visitors to the Western Conference and tied the Milwaukee Bucks with the second best record in the East: 29 wins, 16 losses.
But beyond the results, It’s the game that gets the Sixers excited, which show, by far, their best image for 2022-2023. And all this from a change suggested by Doc Rivers, as dangerous as it is positive: remove Tyrese Maxey from the starting five and use him as a sixth man.
For the third straight game, Maxey came on in Portland as a substitute, with De Anthony Melton starts in his place along with Harden, Harris, Tucker and Embiid. The reason is clear: break a Maxey-Harden duo that gave huge defensive advantages and with which it would be very difficult to compete on an equal footing with the best teams in the league.
ONE A 133-114 home loss to OKKin which Shai Gilgeous-Alexander cooked the Philadelphia guards time and time again, he seemed to end up convincing Rivers to make that change. Makes sense, if risky considering it was take away ownership of a player like Maxey who is on the riseaveraging over 20 points and with a possible All-Star future.
However, it looks like it was a big gamble, with an even bigger payoff. The new shape gave him a ideal balance in the 76erswho with Melton along with the headlines, manage to build one of the best defenses in the league.
Even without counting the dominating performance this Thursday in Portland, where they barely allowed the Blazers 6 points until Rivers started moving the bench with 5:20 left in the first quarterMelton’s lineups along with the starters allow an outstanding defensive rating of just 111.2 points per 100 possessions.
Of course, the other part of the equation was to see how Maxi adjusted to his new role as sixth man (for what looks like an ideal player). And the truth is that his was excellent: it has 53 points out of 90 minutes between the three parties, with a 20-37 field (54%). And perhaps more importantly, a +21 difference in those departments.
With this new design, everything seems to be balanced Philadelphia, without significant defects in any area. They are a strong team on defense, with unbalanced players on offense like Harden and Embiid and with points on the second unit from a special scorer like Maxey.
There’s a long way to go, but for the first time in a long time, the Sixers are making sense. However we begin to name them within the group that can get excited about the larger goals of this campaign.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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Nine games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 27-28.
“San Antonio” hosted “Utah” and suffered a sensational defeat.
Spurs had a good first quarter, during which they made a 15:2 spurt to take an 11-point lead at 30:19, but failed to build on it or at least maintain it. In the second quarter, the Jazz responded with a 25:5 attack and took the lead 62:51 with the same 11 points. Utah then kept the opponent at bay for more than 10 points until the middle of the fourth quarter, when Spurs equalized the score – 106:106, thanks to a 14:2 breakthrough. However, the home team could not achieve this success and failed at the end of the match. In the last three minutes of the game, San Antonio scored 2 points and lost them with a score of 2:11 and had a score of 114:127 throughout the match.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was in Utah’s starting five and stayed on the field for 14 minutes, during which time he scored 3 points (1/1 three-pointers), also made 1 rebound and 1 assist with 1 loss and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Vembanyama, who brought 32 points to Spurs, but this did not help them achieve positive results. Jazz has 29 points from Markkanen and 28 points from George.
“Chicago” lost at home to “Milwaukee”, where Giannis Antetokounmpo returned.
The Bucks gained a minimal advantage in the first quarter and then gradually increased it, eventually winning all quarters of the match and winning with a score of 103:112.
In this game, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player, scoring 29 points for Milwaukee. Portis also scored a double-double for the guest team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 28
San Antonio – Utah – 114:127 (40:32, 20:38, 27:28, 27:29)
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Nine regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 26-27.
Utah hosted the Eastern Conference leader and won a sensational victory.
The first half of the match was spent with a small lead for the Pistons, who kept their opponent one or two shots away most of the time and entered the long break with a 1-point lead at 68:67. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter; In this quarter, Jazz made a 16:3 move and took the lead by 12 points, 90:78. The home team had the advantage in the score, but Detroit gradually reduced the gap and 19 seconds before the siren, after two free throws by Cunningham, they equalized the score – 129:129. However, the match did not go to overtime – Utah took advantage of the remaining time with the efforts of George, who scored a two-pointer 3 seconds before the siren – 131:129.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He stayed on the field for 21 minutes and recorded 9 points (3/4 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers), as well as 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The most productive player was George, who scored 31 points for Utah, while Nurkic had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
orlando: Black (24), Carter (16 + 8 rebounds), Bane (15 + 10 rebounds), Banchero (13), Jones (8) – start; Richardson (14) and Silva (8), Kane (5), Isaac (2), Howard (0), Penda (0), O. Robinson (0).
Charlotte: Ball (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 for loss), Knippel (16), Bridges (16 + 11 rebounds), Miller (15), Diabate (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Hall (14 + 8 rebounds), Sexton (13), Hall (7), Green (6), Connaughton (1), James (0), Mann (0).
Chicago – Philadelphia – 109:102 (30:28, 19:24, 32:33, 28:17)
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