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Game Time: 7:30 PM EST on Tuesday February 27, 2024
Philadelphia 76ers 69, Boston Celtics 81 (Q3 2:06)
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Celtics shooting 66.7% on 2s but just 23.1% on 3s. They’ve taken way less 3s than the Sixers (29 vs. 13). That’s partly why it’s only a 74-66 C’s lead despite shooting 54.3% from floor while Sixers are 37.3%. Also turnovers (11 for the C’s, 4 for Sixers). – 9:09 PM
Sixers say De’Anthony Melton (back spasms) will not return — obviously not a great sign for a guy is just coming off a spine issue. – 9:06 PM
Injury update for the @sixers:
De’Anthony Melton (back spasms) will not return tonight in Boston. – 9:05 PM
This might be the best defensive performance of Tyrese Maxey’s career. – 9:04 PM
Tatum-less stretch begins in the 3rd with the #Celtics up 10. They’re -6 without him tonight. – 9:02 PM
Clunky game for the Celtics, which is allowing plucky Sixers team to hang around – 9:01 PM
Tatum flagged with a tech, looks like Nick Nurse wants one as well… – 8:59 PM
Tech on Tatum waving off the ref after his miss inside. Nurse is furious it stopped the Philly fast break. – 8:59 PM
Chance for Heat to move up to 5th in East tonight if Celtics maintain this lead over 76ers and if Heat wins in Portland. – 8:59 PM
Porzingis with back to back baskets at the rim, huge for a Celtics team that can’t find their shooting touch – 8:57 PM
Celtics on a 22-5 run to take their largest lead, 62-51 early 3rd.
That despite the Sixers having 20 more shots (58-38). – 8:53 PM
9-0 run for the Celtics to start the 2nd half and 14-0 run overall. Could be another strong 3rd quarter for 3 straight games after the break. – 8:53 PM
10 Sixers points off of 9 Celtics turnovers in the first half. Boston is also just 2-for-11 on 3s
And yet the C’s lead 53-51 with the third quarter about to tip – 8:46 PM
Boston keeps its lead heading into halftime.
The Celtics are seeking their ninth-straight win 🍀 pic.twitter.com/4d0FzVNlaT – 8:36 PM
Bizarre offensive game for the #Celtics. They are shooting 54.3 percent but leading by just 53-51. They were 0 for 2 from the 3-point line in the 2Q. The #76ers have attempted 17 more shots and made five more threes.
Brown 18, Tatum 12; Maxey 17. – 8:33 PM
Halftime: Celtics 53, Sixers 51 after Maxey’s three at the buzzer rims out. He was barking to himself after that one, but has 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Sixers shot 38.5 percent and are being outrebounded 29-17 but have 10 points off nine Boston turnovers. – 8:32 PM
Jayson Tatum has 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists at halftime
His career-high is 12 assists in a game, by the way – 8:31 PM
Lots of grifting from Maxey tonight, the man is a consummate Sixer – 8:31 PM
Maxey’s got 15 points, but the most animated he’s been this half was after drawing that charge on Brown. – 8:26 PM
Tatum came down in transition and couldn’t get anywhere, so he pitched it to KP and then they flowed straight into a DHO. Tatum hit KP over the top on the hard roll and KP got to the line. Haven’t seen a lot of that pitch ahead DHO action this year. – 8:26 PM
Two nifty layups for Jaylen on the fastbreak, Celtics showing a bit more juice here – 8:25 PM
6-2 PHI on the offensive glass. 1-7 PHI in turnovers. 44-31 Philly in shots. Pretty amazing it’s a tie game. – 8:24 PM
Real time update…
Celtics vs. Sixers this year:
Boston has outscored Philadelphia by 7 points total.
2nd quarter: 127-88, Philadelphia (-45)
Other 3 quarters: 303-251, Boston (+52) – 8:22 PM
Maxey has been stretched thin as the No. 1 option (understandably) but he has been much better in this matchup this year, which is a pretty important step forward. Was drawing dead against them for a long time – 8:21 PM
The Sixers, who have played 11 guys in the first half, have an 18-6 edge in bench points. Mo Bamba has five of those in four minutes, on a tip-in and top-of-the-key three-pointer. – 8:20 PM
The #Celtics‘ bench has been excellent all year. That was a brutal stretch. Hauser frantically taking it up to cap a -6 run without Tatum as Mazzulla calls timeout. – 8:19 PM
Celtics starting backcourt has a combined 5 blocks in 1.5 quarters of play – 8:18 PM
It doesn’t really matter who the starting five is, that small-ball lineup with Batum at center needs to play as much as he can handle that role. Spacing is better, there’s utility across the court and not just one pass away. Much more functional on offense. – 8:17 PM
In a span of 4 rows here at TD Garden:
Kid wearing a Tatum high school jersey
Guy wearing Pritchard Oregon jersey
Guy wearing a blue Iverson Sixers jersey – 8:08 PM
Ugly possession to star the 2nd. Pretty run in transition from Brown after through Pritchard and Horford. C’s down 33-32 – 8:06 PM
Sixers vs. Celtics first-quarter box. pic.twitter.com/qmURlpnkYy – 8:05 PM
Getting some Jaylen + Jrue + bench crew to start the 2nd quarter. Usually Jayson’s in there, but C’s are switching it up a bit tonight. – 8:05 PM
Tyrese Maxey’s first quarter in Boston:
12 PTS
2 AST
0 TO
5-9 FG
Pregame, Nick Nurse cited his early-season desire for Tyrese to shoot at least 20 shots per game. Now, without Joel Embiid, Nurse said he hopes that number goes up. Tyrese is well on track tonight. – 8:03 PM
all even after one
JT: 9 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB pic.twitter.com/ni1J9mt6fx – 8:03 PM
Talked to Philly’s Ricky Council IV for a while before the game. He played at Arkansas with Jordan Walsh last season and really tried to push him, he said. Knew Walsh, among others, wanted to go 1-and-done. They weren’t close, but ended up bonding during the draft process. – 8:01 PM
Lotta Jayson Tatum early, who didn’t take his normal break midway thru the 1st. He’s up to 9 points, 5 assists and 2 rebounds already. – 7:59 PM
Tyrese Maxey has accounted for 64.3% of the Sixers points in the first quarter (12 points, 2 assists, 6 points created from assists) – 7:59 PM
Sixers just had a little player huddle on the court and Horford got right in there – 7:58 PM
Al Horford, Kyle Lowry and Nico Batum all on the floor at the same time repping for us elder millennials. – 7:58 PM
#76ers going Melton-Lowry-Maxey-Council-Batum. Porzingis goes right by Melton with no resistance on the first play. – 7:54 PM
First quarter Ricky Council IV minutes in Boston!
More well-earned and bigtime opportunity for the two-way Sixer. – 7:54 PM
Sixers made four of their first five shots but are 3-of-15 since then. Tobias Harris is 2-of-6, including a couple bad misses on the Sixers’ last possession. – 7:52 PM
Another minor rotation shuffle here from Mazzulla, with Tatum staying on at the first sub, Jaylen goes off. – 7:50 PM
Why Nico Batum did not start today: He’s the backup center again, as part of a three-guard lineup with Maxey-Melton-Lowry. – 7:49 PM
What a powerful finish by Tatum through Reed. He’s 7-2-2 on 3/5. – 7:48 PM
Just like in Chicago last week, Derrick White has 3 blocks in under 6 minutes. – 7:46 PM
Already three blocks for Derrick White in less than 6 mins of play. – 7:46 PM
Philly opened the game on an 11-4 run and Boston answered with an 11-0 run to take the lead – 7:42 PM
Hield is so dangerous when you’re trying to help & hedge on Maxey. – 7:39 PM
Terrific start for Buddy Hield, who buried 3s on the Sixers’ first two possessions and just found a cutting Tobias Harris for an and-1. – 7:38 PM
New @CelticsLab on YouTube with @jakeissenberg
Answering the 10 biggest questions surrounding the Celtics with the postseason around the corner
Sponsored by: @PrizePicks
youtube.com/watch?v=GCUByu… – 7:06 PM
Jrue Holiday rocking his wife’s @USWNT jersey here in Boston @laurenholiday12
(Via @celtics) pic.twitter.com/uotjCrT9Si – 7:02 PM
Sixers at Celtics – TD Garden February 27, 2024 – Starters
Boston – Holiday, White, Brown, Tatum, Porzingis
Philadelphia – Tyrese Maxey, Buddy Hield, Kelly Oubre Jr., Tobias Harris, Paul Reed
OUT – Boston: None Philadelphia: Joel Embiid, Robert Covington, KJ Martin pic.twitter.com/UN8CKL8mCH – 7:02 PM
Kelly Oubre is back in the starting lineup for the Sixers, joining Maxey-Hield-Harris-Reed. – 7:01 PM
Maxey-Hield-Oubre-Harris-Reed are the Sixers’ starters tonight in Boston. – 7:00 PM
Going live with @_devongivens and @KyleNeubeck at 7 to preview Sixers vs Celtics, live from Chicken or the Egg!
Come join along, either by getting your ass down to Marlton, NJ, or remotely through the stream.
youtube.com/live/Q9yY5NHyM… pic.twitter.com/lQdmSgmvA9 – 6:55 PM
Jaden Springer on being traded: “I was kinda shocked. I wasn’t expecting that, but I didn’t really think about it too much. It happened. I was OK with moving on to the next thing. I’m here now and that’s what I’m really focused on.” #Sixers sixerswire.usatoday.com/2024/02/27/jad… via @SixersWire – 6:48 PM
Jrue Holiday pulled up repping his wife Lauren Holiday’s @USWNT jersey 💯
(via @celtics) pic.twitter.com/Ia91S1BI1v – 6:42 PM
Jayson Tatum signing autographs as he walks off the floor after warmups pic.twitter.com/0tG4YPzigH – 6:26 PM
Nick Nurse said Nico Batum, De’Anthony Melton and Kyle Lowry will all be limited to 15-25 minutes tonight. Not aware of exact minutes caps, but expecting things to be in that ballpark for those players. – 6:10 PM
Report: Philadelphia has “some hope” Joel Embiid can return in late March
nbcsports.com/nba/news/repor… – 6:03 PM
Nick Nurse on Jaden Springer: “He does a couple things really well. He really defends the ball. He really gets the ball to the rim with physicality…I hope he continues to improve and finds his way in the league.” – 6:02 PM
KJ Martin (right ankle impingement) is out, per Sixers official. Second straight absence.
Martin said this morning he suffered the injury when he landed on his heel going for a chase-down block. He said he’s been feeling a bit better the last few days. – 5:57 PM
Mazzulla says everyone’s worried about the next step for the #Celtics, but that he’s focused on a difficult stretch of games ahead. – 5:49 PM
Which double-digit favorite is most likely to cover tonight?
🏀GSW (-10.5) vs. WAS
🏀BOS (-12.5) vs. PHI
🏀MIL (-14) vs. CHA
Tune in to the @RotoWireNBA show tonight at 7pm ET with @wha1en and @BaruthaAlex for more on tonight’s games!
Listen LIVE: sxm.app.link/nbaradiolive pic.twitter.com/K5IJRYiZLa – 5:47 PM
Per JKidd: Exum remains out but still hoping for a return either tomorrow in Toronto or Friday in Boston – 5:33 PM
Xavier Tillman takes the court ahead of Celtics-Sixers pic.twitter.com/fxngOY7SjB – 5:17 PM
Jaden Springer sticks the 3 pregame pic.twitter.com/lQeSGpoybd – 5:12 PM
Jordan Walsh watching tape pregame with Celtics assistant Phil Pressey pic.twitter.com/6sELSiJj8J – 5:10 PM
Buddy Hield putting in work pregame #Sixers pic.twitter.com/aMunIcY8Wi – 5:05 PM
NBA net rating leader for the All-Star abbreviated month of February? Sam Hauser.
📗 nbcsportsboston.com/nba/boston-cel… pic.twitter.com/YLdF0M8zIN – 5:00 PM
Tonight we’re celebrating our second ever HBCU Night at TD Garden
Ahead of the celebrations, Auzzy Byrdsell and Ellison Burt-Murray share how impactful their experiences were as our HBCU Fellows last summer. pic.twitter.com/FTWJ10m53H – 4:30 PM
REMINDER: We will be posted up tonight for Sixers-Celtics pregame and postgame at The Chicken or the Egg in Marlton. Come hang out! pic.twitter.com/5uFlopJyl1 – 4:24 PM
Philadelphia 76ers: Embiid back in late March? @Sportando sportando.basketball/en/philadelphi… – 4:13 PM
Tonight’s fun fact: As the Sixers visit Boston amid Woj’s report that Joel Embiid is a month away, they’re 5th in the East, but just a game out of the play-in.
Tom Van Arsdale has played the most NBA minutes (28,682) without making the playoffs.
New Sixer Buddy Hield is 2nd. – 4:01 PM
Now on @njdotcom
Sixers optimistic Joel Embiid will return before playoffs: What’s the timeline? nj.com/sports/2024/02… – 3:57 PM
“I think there’s some hope that they can get him back on the court some time in late March.”
@wojespn on Joel Embiid’s expected return. pic.twitter.com/Tk5ZrWAFJI – 3:48 PM
“I like them to come out of the East right now”
🔊 Damon Jones (@D19J) explains why Jayson Tatum should be the favorite to win MVP #DifferentHere
@RickKamlaSports | @adaniels33 pic.twitter.com/TihjPN0Y3n – 3:30 PM
A new bag policy is in effect for all @TDGarden events, including tonight’s game 🚨
Learn more: TDGarden.com/policies pic.twitter.com/PmzqB4vnaf – 3:00 PM
Why Jaylen Brown’s status as the NBA’s first $300 million player is suddenly in jeopardy
(by @SamQuinnCBS)
cbssports.com/nba/news/why-j… – 2:54 PM
Kyle Lowry on how to develop quick chemistry with the @sixers:
“Communication. Talking. Doing things at an efficient level. Every day, there’s an opportunity to get better. We have a short amount of time to get prepared for the playoffs. Every day we have to take advantage of… – 2:37 PM