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The Philadelphia 76ers notched a much-needed win on Monday night, as they handily defeated the Brooklyn Nets, 145-123, to tie the series at one game apiece. However, despite the lopsided score, the game did not go without incident. Nets rookie Rodions Kurucs was hit with a Flagrant 1 in the second quarter of the contest […]

Things got pretty heated in Game 2 of the first-round series matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets. At one point in the game, Sixers big man Joel Embiid got hit with a Flagrant 1 after catching Nets center Jarrett Allen with an elbow right on the face. After his team’s lopsided 145-123 […]

At the trade deadline, the Philadelphia 76ers acquired forward Tobias Harris in a much-discussed deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. But the Sixers also picked up another player in that trade: big man Boban Marjanovic. Harris and Marjanovic have been traded together twice. Before they were dealt from the Clippers to the 76ers, they were […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have had legends play for them. Wilt Chamberlain, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson are some of the great Sixers from the past. However, the 76ers of 2019 broke a record with a show of offensive dominance over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night: With their 142nd point of the night, the Sixers […]

The Philadelphia 76ers had a very slow start to the 2019 NBA Playoffs. Game 1 resulted in a 111-102 loss to the sixth-seeded Brooklyn Nets, and Game 2 didn’t start much better on Monday. After the first half, the heavily-favored Sixers led by only a single point. Something must have happened in the locker room […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has a reputation around the NBA. He always plays hard, aggressive basketball, but sometimes he takes it a bit too far. On Monday night, he did just that. Late in the second quarter of Game 2 of the Sixers’ first-round matchup against the Brooklyn Nets, Embiid tried to drive to […]

The 2018-19 NBA MVP Race is almost over with the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Houston Rockets’ James Harden all but guaranteeing that this year’s battle for the crown will come down to just them. Both are considered locks for the 2018-19 All-NBA First Team, but the question remains as to who will join […]

When the Philadelphia 76ers hired Brett Brown as their head coach back in 2013, patience was the name of the game. “The Process” was still in the early stages at that time. Joel Embiid was still in college. Ben Simmons was in high school. The Sixers’ roster featured an unenviable cast of characters that even […]

Sixers swingman James Ennis has reportedly been cleared to play in Game 2 against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Ennis has been dealing with a right quad contusion. He missed the last four games of the regular season. Just in: Sixers swingman James Ennis (quad) has […]

An anonymous NBA executive thinks the 2019 playoffs are going to have a massive impact on what happens this summer in free agency, especially in the Eastern Conference, according to Sean Deveney of Sporting News. Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving, Philadelphia 76ers small forward Jimmy Butler and Toronto Raptors swingman Kawhi Leonard will become […]

Well, that was a fun, interesting opening weekend of the 2019 NBA Playoffs, wasn’t it? Aside from the last two games on Sunday night, which were both blowouts, Game 1 of the playoffs was full of intrigue around the bracket. Upsets, home-court advantage not being home-court advantage, scores from the mid ’90s. You name it, […]

The Brooklyn Nets pulled off an upset in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday afternoon, thumping them 111-102 in a game that wasn’t really as close as the score indicates. Now, the Nets, who have already “stolen” home-court advantage from the 76ers, will have a chance […]

The Philadelphia 76ers took a gut punch in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets, taking a 111-102 loss at home, where they were fervently booed throughout the course of the game. Jimmy Butler’s game-high 36 points weren’t enough to catch up to the Nets, and neither was his impactful play […]

The Philadelphia 76ers rolled out a questionable Joel Embiid for Game 1 of the first round against the Brooklyn Nets, but his 24 minutes of action quickly saw something was not right with the big man. Dr. David Chao, a former NFL team doctor who writes a column for The San Diego Union-Tribune, wrote a […]

The Brooklyn Nets shocked the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series over the weekend, and Sixers star Ben Simmons knows his team must make some adjustments in order to turn things around: “I think we just got to move the ball more, offensively. Defensively, switch up a few things in terms […]

Philadelphia 76ers backup forward Amir Johnson wants to put the cellphone fiasco during Game 1 of the first-round playoff series behind him. Johnson was caught on camera using his phone while on the bench, a clear violation of NBA rules. He was eventually asked to leave the game by the Sixers staff. Later in the […]

Even though the Philadelphia 76ers dropped their series opener against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday amidst a cellphone controversy and some back talk between Ben Simmons and some fans, they are remaining positive, including Jimmy Butler. Speaking of Butler, he was easily the best player on the floor for Philly in Game 1. He posted […]

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid has been listed as questionable for Game 2 of the best-of-seven first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets Monday night. The injury report that Brett Brown referred to earlier in the afternoon has been released. Joel Embiid is officially questionable for Game 2 with left knee soreness https://t.co/ccEp1cNSIs — Dave […]

The Philadelphia 76ers did not start the postseason as they would have liked. Jimmy Butler knows it, and he knows what his team must do to change the conversation. With the 76ers coming up way short against the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of the team’s opening-round series, Philadelphia knows a strong bounce-back effort will […]

The Brooklyn Nets stunned the Philadelphia 76ers with an impressive 111-102 road win to snatch away home court advantage in their series opener. In the post-game press conference, Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson said that he loved the way his guys responded to the raucous Philly crowd and the star power that the Sixers possessed. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are already off to a rough start in the first round of the playoffs. After a tough Game 1 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday, the drama continued to follow the Sixers off the court. Ben Simmons further angered Sixers fans with his sharp response to their booing late in the […]

All game long on Saturday, Philadelphia 76ers fans were booing their team. The Sixers lost to the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of their first-round series. Other than small forward Jimmy Butler and center Joel Embiid, the team looked awful. Speaking to reporters postgame, Embiid addressed what he thought about the Sixers’ fans: Sixers' Joel […]

Philadelphia 76ers superstar big man Joel Embiid was clearly not 100 percent in Game 1 against the Brooklyn Nets. His Sixers teammate Jimmy Butler could tell. While Embiid finished with 22 points and 15 rebounds in 24 minutes, the Sixers’ best player shot only 5-of-15 from the field and didn’t look like his usual dominant […]

Brett Brown has a lot of work ahead of him before Game 2 his team’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets. The Philadelphia 76ers were flat-out embarrassed on Saturday at Wells Fargo Center, trailing by double-digits throughout the game en route to a stunning 111-102 loss. Making things worse for Philadelphia, superstar big man Joel […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have enough to worry about in terms of strategy and execution after their stunning 111-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of the teams’ first-round series. Unfortunately, a hobbled Joel Embiid will also have to deal with non-basketball related fallout from Saturday’s contest, too. Midway through the fourth quarter, with […]

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star point-forward Ben Simmons says the Sixers fans who were booing the team on Saturday should stay on that side and not cheer for the team once they get things together. The Sixers lost to the Nets in Game 1 of their first round series. Pretty much from start to finish, Simmons and […]

Philadelphia 76ers veteran big man Amir Johnson will reportedly get fined and/or suspended for using his phone on the bench during the Sixers’ Game 1 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks. Use of a cell phone on the bench is a violation of the NBA Operations Manual, per Marks: […]

The ESPN cameras caught Philadelphia 76ers veteran big man Amir Johnson checking his phone on the bench while the Sixers were getting blown out by the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of their first round series. Sixers star center Joel Embiid was sitting next to Johnson and was looking at the phone as well. 📱 […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid will be available to play in Game 1 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday afternoon, according to Serena Winters of NBC Sports Philadelphia. There had been some doubt as to whether or not Embiid would play, as there had been concerns over his […]

The Philadelphia 76ers will have three big free agents to worry about this offseason, as the contracts of Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris and J.J. Redick will all expire this summer. However, 76ers owner Josh Harris is hoping that he can get all three re-signed: “I’m hopeful that they’ll be playing with us for a long, […]

The Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers will face off against each other in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. The division rivals split the season series 2-2 with each team winning on the other’s courts. Although the Sixers are favored to win the series, the Nets are no pushover team and do […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are listing star big man Joel Embiid as doubtful to play in Game 1 of their firs-round playoff match-up against the Brooklyn Nets. Embiid has left knee soreness. The Sixers superstar missed 13 of the team’s final 23 games of the regular season with the ailment. Joel Embiid is listed as DOUBTFUL (left […]

Philadelphia 76ers star big man Joel Embiid has “no idea” if he’ll play in Game 1 of the Sixers’ first round series against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. Embiid is still dealing with left knee soreness. The All-Star center missed 13 of the Sixers’ final 23 games of the regular season. “I have no idea,” Embiid […]

The Brooklyn Nets will kick off their first playoff appearance since 2015 on Saturday afternoon, when they take on the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series at 2:40 p.m. ET. The Nets come into play as the sixth seed in the East and are […]

Jimmy Butler has gone from a do-it-all gem for the Minnesota Timberwolves to a superstar Swiss army knife for the Philadelphia 76ers after being traded early in the season. His numbers don’t reflect the All-Star that he’s been the last four seasons (18.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.9 steals), yet it reflects the kind […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have used this season as a win-now predicament to finally catapult them over their biggest competitors in the East, acquiring star swingman Jimmy Butler and an All-Star-caliber forward in Tobias Harris. It’s put the Sixers in a good spot. Those big names have managed to mesh well playing together, but unfortunately, there […]

The Philadelphia 76ers haven’t had the same defensive intensity that at one point characterized them during a 16-game end-of-season streak at the end of last season, but head coach Brett Brown is aware that adding superstar talent come with its share of headaches when trying to put together a winning formula. “I would point the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are not the favorites in the Eastern Conference this year. That is not a change from the 2018 playoffs. What is different for the Sixers? The composition of their roster and the frequency with which that roster passes the ball. Rich Hofmann of The Athletic provided a deep-dive examination into the state […]

Philadelphia 76ers swingman Jimmy Butler knows how to have a good time on the bench, and Wednesday night’s game against the Chicago Bulls was no exception. While the Sixers were thrashing Chicago in a game in which Greg Monroe hit his first career three-pointer, Butler was busy crafting a paper airplane. Throughout the video, it […]