Overview
- Philadelphia enters at 4-0 with the NBA’s top three-point percentage (about 41.9%) and a high-powered offense, offset by opponents averaging roughly 123.8 points.
- Jayson Tatum is listed out for Boston with a right Achilles repair, while the 76ers have Jared McCain, Paul George, and Dominick Barlow out.
- Maxey is averaging about 37.5 points and 8.3 assists, including 39 in an overtime comeback win at Washington that pushed the Sixers to 4-0.
- Rookie VJ Edgecombe has 89 points through four games after a 34-point debut in Boston, the most in a first game by any player since Wilt Chamberlain.
- Tonight’s group-stage game tips at 7 p.m. ET at Xfinity Mobile Arena and streams on Amazon Prime, with the teams placed in East Group B alongside the Nets, Pistons and Magic.