Daily News | Tyrese Maxey unlikely to play Christmas Day, but Doc Rivers says Sixers star’s return is ‘close’
“It’s something that I already was committed to do, and I wanted to do it,” Maxey said the day after the event. “My mom and my dad just asked me if I didn’t want to go [or] if I just wanted to do a video or something.
Through 30 games, the Sixers built the NBA’s second-most efficient defense, allowing 107.9 points per 100 possessions entering Friday. As a result, opponents have been attempting 25.1 free throws in those 10 games, which is 23rd in the NBA during that span. That’s a higher number than their season average of 23.6, which ranked 18th entering Friday.Some of those figures may have to do with recent opponents. The Detroit Pistons lead the league in free-throw attempts entering Friday and had a 34-22 advantage in that category in Wednesday’s loss in Philly.
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