{"id":715467,"date":"2026-04-21T22:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/715467\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:59:42","slug":"live-updates-celtics-76ers-opens-a-night-of-game-2s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/715467\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Celtics-76ers opens a night of Game 2s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2169700\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2169700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tatum-sixers2-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2169700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics host the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of their 2026 NBA Playoffs series on NBC Sports Network and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re bringing you the best of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NBA Playoffs<\/a>, presented by Google, with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights from Tuesday\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight tips off with Jayson Tatum\u2019s Celtics hosting Tyrese Maxey and the 76ers on NBC Sports Network and Peacock (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phi-vs-bos-0042500112\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7 ET<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019ll be followed by Deni Avdija and the Trail Blazers facing Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/por-vs-sas-0042500152\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 ET<\/a>) and LeBron James\u2019 Lakers in Houston take on Kevin Durant and the Rockets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/hou-vs-lal-0042500172\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10:30 ET<\/a>). Both games will be on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics, Spurs and Lakers are up 1-0 in their respective series.<\/p>\n<p>APRIL 17, 2026 \/ 6:30 ET<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2168919\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2168919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271559677-scaled-e1776642606301-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2168919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics are hosting the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of their 2026 NBA Playoffs series on NBC Sports Network and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>Stats from Saturday\u2019s Game 1, which Boston won 123-91.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia:<\/p>\n<p>PG Tyrese Maxey (21 pts, 8 ast)<br \/>\nSG VJ Edgecombe (13 pts, 3 ast)<br \/>\nSF Kelly Oubre Jr. (10 pts, 7 reb)<br \/>\nPF Paul George (17 pts, 4 reb)<br \/>\nC Adem Bona (3 pts, 3 reb)<\/p>\n<p>Boston:<\/p>\n<p>PG Derrick White (10 pts, 6 ast)<br \/>\nSG Jaylen Brown (26 pts, 2 stl)<br \/>\nSF Sam Hauser (12 pts, 4 3PM)<br \/>\nPF Jayson Tatum (25 pts, 11 reb, 7 ast)<br \/>\nC Neemias Queta (13 pts, 2 reb)<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye on Justin Edwards off the Philly bench. He had 7 pts on 3-of-9 shooting in Game 1. He had 22 points in a 102-100 Sixers win over the Celtics on Nov. 11.<\/p>\n<p>APRIL 21, 2026 \/ 6:15 ET<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s injury report<\/p>\n<p>Joel Embiid is out for the 76ers, while Tyrese Maxey is available. Ron Harper Jr. is available for the Celtics.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan McLaughlin is out for the Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant is questionable for the Rockets, while Austin Reaves and Luka Don\u010di\u0107 remain out for the Lakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics host the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of their 2026 NBA Playoffs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[79709,7,45,75,3798,46,56795,77,70289,6,66874,89037],"class_list":{"0":"post-715467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-2026-nba-playoffs","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-celtics","12":"tag-bostonceltics","13":"tag-celtics","14":"tag-celtics-76ers","15":"tag-jayson-tatum","16":"tag-lakers-rockets","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-nba-live-blog","19":"tag-trail-blazers-spurs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116445184544029019","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715467","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=715467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}