The Philadelphia 76ers are at home on Friday night as they host the Boston Celtics for Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. Philadelphia enters Friday’s game coming off a victory over Boston on the road in Game 2 on Tuesday night to tie the series at 1-1.
The Philadelphia 76ers faced a challenging start in their first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics, missing their star player, Joel Embiid.
With fans awaiting any injury updates on Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid for Friday’s Game 3 against the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, the answer might have been revealed.
Welcome to the playoffs. After the Boston Celtics dropped Game 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers, those four succinct words from Jaylen Brown summarized the situation at hand for the division rivals.
The 76ers are saying the right things. The question is when it turns into something real. Coach Nick Nurse offered a hopeful update on Joel Embiid on Thursday, suggesting progress is being made as the Sixers star works his way back from an early-April appendectomy.
The 76ers are saying the right things. The question is when it turns into something real. Coach Nick Nurse offered a hopeful update on Joel Embiid on Thursday, suggesting progress is being made as the Sixers star works his way back from an early-April appendectomy.
The Philadelphia 76ers pulled off a stunning upset in Game 2, defeating the Boston Celtics 111-97 and silencing the TD Garden crowd. The standout player of the night was rookie VJ Edgecombe, who delivered a historic performance with 30 points and 10 rebounds.
The Philadelphia 76ers just completely changed the narrative of this series — and it all came down to two guys: Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe. After getting embarrassed in Game 1, the Sixers came out in Game 2 with a completely different energy — and punched the Boston Celtics in the mouth.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
After being all the way out, Sixers fans are all the way back in after their Game 2 stunner in Boston. Tying the series up 1-1 against the Celtics, I’m soaking it up.
How many of the players to score at least 30 points and haul in a least 10 rebounds in an NBA playoff game before turning 23 years old can you name in six minutes?
Boston Celtics cheerleaders just wanted to do their job before Tuesday’s Game 2 of the playoff series between the C’s and the Philadelphia 76ers. But a couple of Sixers players made it a little challenging for them.
After a quiet showing in Game 1, V.J. Edgecombe delivered a historic bounce-back performance on Tuesday night, helping the Philadelphia 76ers level their first-round series against the Boston Celtics before heading home.
Without Joel Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers looked almost cooked in their first-round matchup in the 2026 NBA playoffs against the Boston Celtics. They got demolished by 32 points in Game 1 and looked like they did not belong on the same floor as their division rival.
Kyle Lowry is not seeing much action for the Philadelphia 76ers, but that’s not stopping him from making an impact on the team. Sixers star guard Tyrese Maxey attested to that following Philadelphia’s huge 111-97 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of a first-round playoff matchup at TD Garden in Boston on Tuesday night.
After looking like a team that stood little chance against the Boston Celtics in a lackluster Game 1 performance on Sunday, the Philadelphia 76ers evened the series at one game apiece on Tuesday.
Tyrese Maxey was very much in his bag during Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Tuesday. Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers earned a stunning road victory over the Celtics in Tuesday’s Game 2.
The Philadelphia 76ers have now made the playoffs in eight out of nine seasons, but they were the NBA’s punching bag prior to that. The 76ers infamously entered a full-scale rebuild titled “The Process” in 2013, and lost games at a ridiculous rate over the next three seasons.