Philadelphia 76ers (1-0) @ Boston Celtics (0-1)

  • Game Time: October 22, 2025 @ 07:30 PM EDT
  • Venue: TD Garden – Boston, MA
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Game Status – Final: 76ers Win 117-116

Linescore

1 2 3 4 TOTAL
76ers 26 31 18 42 117
Celtics 28 23 35 30 116

Inactives

76ers Celtics
Paul George Amari Williams
Trendon Watford Ron Harper Jr.
Jared McCain Jayson Tatum
Hunter Sallis

Game Stats

Team PTS FG 3P FT REB (O+D) AST PF STL TO BLK
76ers 117 39/85 (45.9%) 16/40 (40.0%) 23/30 (76.7%) 10+30 23 23 3 14 4
Celtics 116 41/91 (45.1%) 11/43 (25.6%) 23/26 (88.5%) 10+32 16 28 7 11 4
76ers MIN PTS FG 3P FT REB (O+D) AST STL BLK TO PF +/-
SF Kelly Oubre Jr. 33:32 10 2/6 (33.3%) 2/6 (33.3%) 4/4 (100%) 0+4 1 0 1 2 1 -8.0
PF Dominick Barlow 34:24 13 4/8 (50%) 0/2 (0%) 5/6 (83.3%) 5+3 5 0 1 2 3 1.0
C Joel Embiid 20:18 4 1/9 (11.1%) 0/4 (0%) 2/2 (100%) 1+5 2 0 1 0 2 -16.0
SG VJ Edgecombe 42:12 34 13/26 (50%) 5/13 (38.5%) 3/6 (50%) 1+6 3 1 0 2 1 -2.0
PG Tyrese Maxey 41:24 40 13/24 (54.2%) 7/9 (77.8%) 7/8 (87.5%) 0+2 6 2 1 1 5 3.0
Quentin Grimes 31:38 10 3/8 (37.5%) 2/5 (40%) 2/4 (50%) 0+5 5 0 0 5 3 18.0
Adem Bona 14:44 0 0/0 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 1+2 1 0 0 2 3 4.0
Jabari Walker 18:57 6 3/4 (75%) 0/1 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 2+2 0 0 0 0 3 3.0
Justin Edwards 00:05 0 0/0 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 0+0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Andre Drummond 02:43 0 0/0 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 0+1 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
Celtics MIN PTS FG 3P FT REB (O+D) AST STL BLK TO PF +/-
SF Jaylen Brown 36:14 25 9/18 (50%) 2/4 (50%) 5/6 (83.3%) 0+6 4 0 0 2 4 0.0
PF Sam Hauser 22:24 8 2/6 (33.3%) 2/6 (33.3%) 2/2 (100%) 0+2 1 0 0 3 3 8.0
C Neemias Queta 25:06 17 7/8 (87.5%) 0/0 (0%) 3/4 (75%) 2+6 0 0 0 2 6 2.0
SG Payton Pritchard 37:09 16 6/14 (42.9%) 1/7 (14.3%) 3/4 (75%) 2+3 2 2 0 2 3 6.0
PG Derrick White 35:25 25 7/20 (35%) 4/13 (30.8%) 7/7 (100%) 0+3 4 1 1 0 1 -3.0
Xavier Tillman 15:38 4 2/8 (25%) 0/3 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 3+4 1 2 1 0 4 0.0
Anfernee Simons 32:17 13 5/10 (50%) 2/6 (33.3%) 1/1 (100%) 1+3 1 1 1 0 2 -5.0
Josh Minott 14:11 2 1/1 (100%) 0/0 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 2+0 2 0 0 0 4 -6.0
Chris Boucher 15:50 6 2/4 (50%) 0/2 (0%) 2/2 (100%) 0+4 1 1 0 0 0 -4.0
Luka Garza 05:44 0 0/2 (0%) 0/2 (0%) 0/0 (0%) 0+1 0 0 1 2 1 -3.0

League Scoreboard

Away Score Home Status
Cleveland Cavaliers 111-119 New York Knicks Final
Brooklyn Nets 117-136 Charlotte Hornets Final
Miami Heat 121-125 Orlando Magic Final
Toronto Raptors 138-118 Atlanta Hawks 4th Qtr
Detroit Pistons 83-95 Chicago Bulls 4th Qtr
New Orleans Pelicans 91-99 Memphis Grizzlies 4th Qtr
Washington Wizards 101-118 Milwaukee Bucks 4th Qtr
LA Clippers 44-65 Utah Jazz 2nd Qtr
San Antonio Spurs 21-20 Dallas Mavericks 1st Qtr
Sacramento Kings – Phoenix Suns 10:00 pm ET
Minnesota Timberwolves – Portland Trail Blazers 10:00 pm ET

Last Updated: 10/22/2025 10:21:41 PM EDT

33 comments

  3. I’ve been hesitant giving VJ props until I saw him in a real game. The kid is the real deal. I wasn’t real happy when they drafted him but I’ll take my crow well done. This kid is going to be special.

  5. Even without Tatum the Celtics are tough, especially in Boston. Great way to start the season. Edgecombe clearly gives us another young player to be excited about.

  6. any time you are mentioned in a “most x since Wilt…” stat, you know you did something special

  7. Post game thoughts.  

    Not surprised embiid and grimes struggled. Both guys basically missed all of camp and embiid 17 mins total since last year coming into this games. The positive is grimes started getting going and embiid looked healthy.  I think 10-15 games and we’ll really see what we have in Joel.  

    Maxey is fully back and fully healthy. I think he reaches his yearly all star peak this year. 

    Edgecomb, what can you say? He’s got skills. I don’t even think he played nearly as well as I think he can. He really looks like a young Dwayne wade.  It’s kind of uncanny. Very excited.  

    Barlow/walker- I liked both guys effort. Barlow with guards could get better as the year goes on. The Celtics are a tough team that plays hard even without Tatum. Both guys belong in the rotation and will only get better as they get used to playing with our guys. 

    I’m just not a fan of nick nurse. I want to be, but his rotations and his offense just isn’t it for me. He won’t be the reason they lose but he won’t help them win either.  Justin Edwards needs to be playing early games. I’m sorry he does. Dnp in game one is ridiculous, I don’t care how much you wanted to win. 

    I hate watching oubre play basketball. I’m not even knocking him, I just personally hate it. 

    Also white is a beast. If Boston wants to go full tank at any point, I would definitely trade the clippers pick for him. He’s just excellent. 

    Fun game. 

  8. Surreal to see Embiid in uniform on the sidelines of a close game. I know he’s still ramping up but the optics are insane

  10. Our guard rotation is legit insanely deep. If Joel continues to get healthy/control the game in other ways and PG comes back to his super form, we are going to be nasty. My favorite part is how genuinely excited Nurse seems with this group…the light is back in his eyes!

  12. I don’t wanna overreact or anything but sixers winning the east and VJ & Maxey are going to be the first Co-MVPs

  14. Man Embiid really lives rent free in the nba subs head. It’s pathetic heck of a game out of VJ and the first post is shitting on Embiid.

    I’ve not seen a more hated player.

  15. Obviously fucking hyped but it hurts to think what this team could be without the PG contract

  16. Wow vj and maxey 2 man already is beautiful. I CANNOT wait for McCain to come back and be a part of this holy shit yall 

  17. fuck yeah. Also Lowry basically coaching and out of his seat the entire game was hilarious. I was prepared to walk away happy with a moral victory alone. But what a treat. Also that was definitely off pritchard’s foot at the end. Insane no call. Ball don’t lie

  19. VJ has something old school about his movement that’s just really exciting to watch. Don’t really know how to describe it.

  24. PG waiting for VJ after his postgame interview was special. I’ll remember that for a while.

  28. VJ and Maxey could actually be the perfect fit? Both fast as fuck, and both absolutely deadly against scrambling defense. Is this Dame and CJ, but one of them actually plays lockdown D? Too exciting.

  29. Okay, so I’m happy we won. Edgecombe looks immediately like a real win, and Maxey was amazing.

    The most glaring issue I’m seeing is the issues in pace of play. It’s clear that Maxey and Edgecombe are going to thrive while playing at a very fast pace. However the rest of the team is built for Embiid’s slower pace. It makes sense why Nurse played so many stretches without a center because we don’t even have a single person that can be big and play at the faster pace suited for VJ and Maxey.

  31. Get Jared McCain back in, get Embiid to wake the fuck up, and this is a playoff team.

  32. Another thing though, our depth this year looks so good. Morey has cooked with this one imo

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