overtime loss Monday to the shorthanded Nuggets.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nEmbiid hit a mid-range jumper over Alex Sarr on the game\u2019s opening play. Maxey drained a pull-up three-pointer, Embiid threw down a dunk set up by a flex cut and George dish, and the Wizards called timeout in an early 7-0 hole. Embiid asked the home crowd to amp up the volume.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maxey tried seven long-range jumpers in the first quarter and knocked down four. He and Embiid combined for 24 points in the first period on 9-for-13 shooting, five assists and zero turnovers. The Sixers had no turnovers as a team until 2.4 seconds left in the first.<\/p>\n
The bar was low, but the Sixers needed a more focused, energetic start against another injury-depleted opponent. They checked that box.<\/p>\n
Oubre and Watford’s returns <\/p>\n
Kelly Oubre Jr. checked in at the 4:27 mark of the first quarter and the fans gave him a loud, warm welcome back.<\/p>\n
He played Wednesday for the first time since suffering a left knee LCL sprain on Nov. 14. Oubre wore a brace on his left knee and a sleeve covered his entire left leg.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old wing will certainly require some time to regain rhythm and conditioning. Oubre made a nice cut along the baseline near the end of the first quarter, but he couldn\u2019t catch Quentin Grimes\u2019 low pass. Early in the second quarter, Oubre air balled a contested mid-range jumper and came up short on a catch-and-shoot corner three attempt.<\/p>\n
The Sixers didn\u2019t score for the first 3:40 of the second quarter and the Wizards stormed in front with a 13-0 run. Washington\u2019s bench had a 17-2 scoring advantage over the Sixers\u2019 second unit at halftime. <\/p>\n
Trendon Watford made his return from a left adductor strain in quasi-garbage time, subbing in with 4:45 to go in the fourth quarter and the Sixers leading by 18 points. He tallied three assists. <\/p>\n
Oubre got a short turnaround jumper to drop in the fourth quarter. He logged 20 minutes and had two points on 1-for-4 shooting, three rebounds, two steals and an assist. <\/p>\n
Deep down the bench <\/p>\n
George\u2019s jumpers were sweet in the second quarter off both the catch and the dribble.\u00a0He reached his first 20-point game since Dec. 14 when he made a short jump shot with 8:13 to go in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Propelled by their star trio, the Sixers picked up steam late in the second quarter. Maxey\u2019s and-one layup put the team up 58-51. <\/p>\n
The Sixers never relinquished their lead and turned the contest into a blowout by early in the fourth quarter. VJ Edgecombe’s baseline jumper stretched the Sixers’ advantage to 20 points. The rookie again had a stat sheet-stuffing night, recording 13 points, seven assists, six rebounds and five steals.<\/p>\n
By the end of the evening, everyone had played for the Sixers besides veterans Eric Gordon and Kyle Lowry. <\/p>\n
While they won’t often go that deep down their bench, the final minutes were a reminder that the team currently has many options and no one sidelined. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixers\u2019 stars all scored efficiently and led the way Wednesday night in the team\u2019s 131-110 win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,936,6462,6,526,678,207,3817,5902,4186,29161,1263],"class_list":{"0":"post-526657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-joel-embiid","11":"tag-kelly-oubre-jr","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-paul-george","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","16":"tag-philadelphia76ers","17":"tag-sixers-analysis","18":"tag-sixers-news","19":"tag-sixers-observations","20":"tag-tyrese-maxey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115863733391872939","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}