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Celtics, 76ers set for Round 3 after pair of one-point games
If recent history is any indication, the visiting Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers are destined for another close matchup Tuesday.,This is already the third meeting this season between the Atlantic Division rivals. They squared off on Opening Night in Boston, where the Sixers escaped with a 117...

Pistons rally behind Cade Cunningham’s 2nd-half surge to beat Sixers
Cade Cunningham had 26 points and 11 assists to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 111-108 win over the host Philadelphia 76ers, as Tyrese Maxey's three-pointer to tie at the buzzer rimmed out.,Jalen Duren paired 26 points with 11 rebounds and Duncan Robinson added 17 points as Detroit extended its winni...

Surging Pistons, 76ers to show off top talents in Eastern Conference
Powered by their dynamic duo of Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren, the Detroit Pistons will head to Philadelphia to face the 76ers on Sunday night riding a five-game winning streak and holding the top spot in the Eastern Conference.,Cunningham is averaging 25.6 points and 9.7 assists a game, and Duren...

76ers overcome slow start to end Raptors’ win streak
Tyrese Maxey scored 31 points, Joel Embiid added 29, and Trendon Watford recorded his first career triple-double as the Philadelphia 76ers beat Toronto 130-120 on Saturday to snap the visiting Raptors' four-game winning streak.,Watford had 20 points, a career-high 17 rebounds and 10 assists in his f...
NBA 2025 Eastern Conference Contenders & Pretenders
Eastern Conference NBA contenders vs. pretenders: Which teams can make a deep playoff run this season?...

Sixers, riding regulars hard, plot to stop Raptors' win streak
Two teams that could probably benefit from some extra rest meet when the Philadelphia 76ers face the visiting Toronto Raptors on Saturday.,Toronto is playing the second game of a back-to-back after rallying to beat the host Atlanta Hawks 109-97 on Friday, while the undermanned Sixers have three play...

Donovan Mitchell drops 46 points to spur Cavaliers past 76ers
Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 46 points and Jarrett Allen collected 24 points and 10 rebounds, powering the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 132-121 win over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.,Evan Mobley had 23 points and Darius Garland scored eight in 26 minutes in his season debu...

76ers C Joel Embiid (knee) out vs. Cavaliers
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been ruled out for Wednesday's game against the host Cleveland Cavaliers, the team announced.,Embiid, 31, is sitting out the second day of a back-to-back set as the team attempts to limit his early-season workload because of his chronic left knee issues. He ...

Cavs' Darius Garland likely to make season debut vs. Sixers
Two-time All-Star point guard Darius Garland is expected to make his season debut Wednesday for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the visiting Philadelphia 76ers.,Garland underwent surgery on his left big toe in June, a month after injuring it in Cleveland's five-game upset loss to the Indiana Pacers ...

Bulls take lone lead on Nikola Vucevic's late trey, stun 76ers
Nikola Vucevic drilled a go-ahead corner 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left and Josh Giddey recorded his second straight triple-double as the host Chicago Bulls rallied for a 113-111 win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.,Vucevic's trey gave the Bulls their lone lead of the night and capped a c...

Bulls will have hands full with 76ers as they move past first loss
Coming off their first loss of the season, the Chicago Bulls return home Tuesday to face a Philadelphia 76ers team armed with a blueprint for handling such a setback.,On Sunday, Philadelphia responded to its first defeat two nights earlier by rolling past Brooklyn 129-105 in the opener of a three-ga...

Kelly Oubre Jr. goes off before exiting (ankle) in 76ers' win over Nets
Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 29 points before exiting with a sprained ankle as the Philadelphia 76ers continued their strong start with a 129-105 victory over the winless Brooklyn Nets Sunday night in New York.,Oubre scored 24 points in the first half and shot 12-of-21 from the field for his best game of ...

76ers' Joel Embiid fined by NBA for lewd gesture
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid drew a $50,000 fine for a lewd gesture during Friday's game against the Boston Celtics, the NBA announced Sunday.,The incident occurred with 7:08 remaining in the first quarter of the Sixers' 109-108 home loss, when Embiid scored while getting fouled. He then ma...

76ers rolling offensively; Nets still winless amid point-guard woes
Offensively, the Philadelphia 76ers are playing to prove losing 58 games last season was an aberration.,So far, the results have been good, though the Sixers are coming off their first loss of the season heading into their Sunday visit to the winless Brooklyn Nets.,Philadelphia won its first four ga...

Celtics keep rolling, hand 76ers first loss
Jaylen Brown scored 32 points as the Boston Celtics slipped past host Philadelphia 109-108 on Friday in an NBA Cup matchup, handing the 76ers their first loss of the season.,Anfernee Simons added 19 points for Boston, while Derrick White and Payton Pritchard each chipped in with 15 points. The Celti...

Dodgers plan to 'leave it all out there' with Jays one win away from history
TORONTO -- In their two previous World Series championship triumphs in 1992 and 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays won a dramatic Game 6 each time.,They have a chance to repeat history Friday night by clinching the World Series title against the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6.,Toronto need...

Celtics out to avenge loss, hand Sixers first defeat
The Philadelphia 76ers are already making last season feel like a distant memory., ,The Sixers aim to continue their unbeaten start to the season Friday when they host the Boston Celtics as part of the NBA Cup tournament., ,Philadelphia has won its first four games in stark contrast to last season's...

76ers pick up option on G Jared McCain (knee/thumb), who returns to practice
The Philadelphia 76ers exercised the third-year contract option on guard Jared McCain, who returned to practice on Thursday after his impressive rookie season was cut short last December by a knee injury.,McCain's return this season was further delayed when he tore the UCL on his right thumb during ...

Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Doris Burke in '26 Women's HOF class
Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne lead the 2026 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame class revealed on Thursday.,WNBA and Team USA coach Cheryl Reeve, ESPN basketball analyst Doris Burke and international basketball legends Isabelle Fijalkowski of France and Amaya Valdemoro of Spain are also to be ind...

New blood: Blueblood Duke banks on blue-chip freshmen again
DURHAM, N.C. -- Talk about Duke's freshmen is nothing new, and this season the theme has an even more familiar ring to it.,Headlining the 2025-26 Blue Devils' crop of blue-chip freshmen is Cameron Boozer, who'll entice television viewers and NBA observers to tune in.,This isn't a repeat of a season ...