Daily News | Tyrese Maxey’s 28 points leads Sixers to 118-111 victory at Washington Wizards
WASHINGTON — The ball slipped out of De’Antony Melton’s hands while he was free under the basket but flew right into 76ers teammate P.J. Tucker’s grasp for the open layup.
It was the Sixers’ third win in a row, to pull their record to an even 4-4 following a disappointing 1-4 start to a season with NBA championship aspirations. They’ll next play eight of their next nine games at home, starting with a rematch against these Wizards Wednesday night. The Wizards answered with a rally to pull within 105-97 on two Kristaps Porzingis free throws with about five minutes to play, but two De’Anthony Melton layups off Wizards turnovers pushed that lead back to double digits. Another Melton finish inside, plus a Tobias Harris three-pointer, later gave the Sixers a 116-106 lead with 1:10 remaining.
And though Maxey did not put up the career scoring night he had when Embiid was out Friday, he did emerge again as the Sixers’ main source of offensive firepower with 28 points on 12-of-22 shooting on a blend of drives to the basket and deep pull-up three-pointers.
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