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PHILADELPHIA -- Ever since getting back on the floor on Nov. 17, Paul George has been available at a high rate for the Philadelphia 76ers. He has played in 19 of a possible 23 games thus far and has been able to give the Sixers some consistent production on both ends.
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Sixers kick off tough stretch starting with Orlando Magic
The Magic opened the year in miserable fashion, dropping four of their first five games, including a loss to Philadelphia. Since that slow start, Orlando has found its footing. Their offense now ranks 16th in the league, while their defense sits 11th overall, just outside the top 10.
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Sixers' VJ Edgecombe speaks on his 'delusional' confidence as a rookie
Rookie VJ Edgecombe stuffed the stat sheet on Wednesday, helping the Sixers pick up their fourth win in five games.
The Philadelphia 76ers will begin a 3-game road trip when they take on the Orlando Magic on Friday, and if you're wondering how you can watch all the action live, you've come to the right place. The Sixers will be looking to earn an important tiebreaker in terms of the standings in the third and final matchup between these two teams.
The Sixers have found something with Dominick Barlow at the 4. Should they risk disrupting that to insert Oubre back into their starting lineup?
On Jan. 9, 2021, with only seven players available for the Sixers, a rookie guard named Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points in the first start of his professional career. The rest, as they say, is history.
The Sixers fell back to earth Monday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. They had their three-game winning streak snapped with a 125-124 overtime loss to the Nuggets. Joel Embiid goaltended a Bruce Brown layup with 5.
The Sixers will look to take advantage of the Wizards being on the second night of a back-to-back after hosting the Orlando Magic on Tuesday. Philadelphia will be rested and look to reset following a loss on Monday to the depleted Denver Nuggets in overtime.
You can now change that to 15-4 after the Sixers had 14 turnovers in their overtime loss to Denver. However, six of those turnovers belonged to Embiid, who made quite a few head-scratching plays down the stretch of a game in which he reached 40 minutes for the first time in a very long time.
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