{"id":648714,"date":"2026-03-09T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/648714\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:35:53","slug":"maxey-hurts-hand-in-closing-seconds-sixers-fall-to-0-4-vs-hawks-no-longer-in-guaranteed-playoff-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/648714\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxey hurts hand in closing seconds, Sixers fall to 0-4 vs. Hawks, no longer in guaranteed playoff spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Well, you better hope you don\u2019t see this team in the Play-In tournament!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Sixers fell 125-116 to the Atlanta Hawks Saturday night, losing all four matchups in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">They are 34-29 and are now a half game behind the Orlando Magic for the sixth seed in the East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tyrese Maxey off a scorching hot first quarter led the Sixers with 31 points along five assists shooting 12-of-22 from the floor. More importantly though, he appeared to injure his shooting hand in the final seconds of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kelly Oubre Jr. hit the ground running after missing the last two games with an illness, putting up 24 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals shooting 10-of-15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Not only did he win his personal battle with Onyeka Okongwu, but Quentin Grimes dropped 26 on 9-of-14 shooting. Jalen Johnson led all scorers with 35.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Joel Embiid (oblique strain), Paul George (suspension) and VJ Edgecombe (lumbar contusion) were all out for the Sixers while Jonathan Kuminga was out for Atlanta with left knee inflammation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here are some thoughts at the buzzer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, you better hope you don\u2019t see this team in the Play-In tournament! The Sixers fell 125-116 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,677,6,42915],"class_list":["post-648714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-hawks","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-atlantahawks","tag-basketball","tag-hawks","tag-nba","tag-sixers-scores"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116198780661886238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648714","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=648714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}