Two games, two wins for the 2026 summer Sixers.

By squeaking out a 100-93 overtime victory Saturday over the Pacers after blowing a large second-half lead, the Sixers improved to 2-0 in the Las Vegas summer league. 

Labaron Philon Jr. posted 24 points and six assists. Johni Broome had 23 points and 11 rebounds. 

Next on the Sixers’ summer league schedule is a meeting with the Rockets on Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. Here are observations on their OT win over Indiana:

Strong work from Philon with size advantage 

The Sixers used the same starters as for their opening win over the Pistons and the team began brightly for a second straight game. 

Broome converted a put-back layup for the game’s first points. Dante Maddox Jr. buried a corner three-pointer and Philon hit an elbow jumper to give the Sixers a 7-2 edge. 

Philon was defended by multiple smaller players Saturday in No. 38 overall pick Braden Smith and Yuki Kawamura, both of whom are under 6 feet. The rookie made two smooth mid-range jumpers in the first quarter. He posted up Smith and drew a foul at the start of the second period.  

Philon will face plenty of guards bigger than him as a rookie — the Alabama product measured in at 6-foot-2.5 without shoes and just 176 pounds at the NBA draft combine — but it’s evident he knows how to use a size advantage when he has one. In general, Philon has a knack for getting where he wants on the floor.

Broome keeps producing

Broome’s decision-making was a bit sharper than in his first game, which was a 19-point, 13-rebound performance. 

He didn’t force up many shots outside of his comfort zone and finished 9 for 19 from the floor and 2 for 4 at the foul line.

Broome has gone 2 for 12 (16.7 percent) from three-point territory so far in summer league. Any progress from him in that department would be helpful, especially in terms of his potential viability for NBA power forward minutes. He shot 28.9 percent beyond the arc in 26 G League games last season.

Broome is set to turn 24 years old next Sunday and has clear weaknesses as a player. Purely from a raw production standpoint, he’s delivered at his second summer league.

Rogers shines off bench

Matt Rogers racked up 11 points in the first quarter.

The 6-foot-9 forward out of American University cut well and brought immediate energy to the game. He also knocked down a three from each wing in Saturday’s first half. Rogers improved throughout his five-year college career as a shooter and went 40.3 percent from long range last season on 4.3 attempts per game. 

Rogers’ final stat line was 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting and three rebounds in 20 minutes.

Gerald Ayayi jumped out for the Sixers’ second unit, too. The French guard soared high in the first quarter for an audacious dunk.

The Sixers led by as many as 24 points in the third quarter, but the Pacers made a major run spearheaded by 5-foot-7 fan favorite Kawamura. Philon sunk a key three late in the third and the Sixers maintained a double-digit lead entering the fourth. 

An and-one layup from former summer Sixer Jalen Slawson late in the fourth quarter cut Indiana’s deficit down to one point. Philon then assisted a clutch Rogers corner three, but the Pacers kept pushing.

Smith drew a foul on Rogers with 5.1 seconds left and made both his free throws to knot the game up at 93-all. The Sixers got the ball to Philon on the final play of regulation and his tightly contested jumper came up well short.

In the two-minute overtime, the Sixers scored the first four points with a Broome put-back bucket and Philon fast-break layup. This time around, they held their lead.