He was wearing an embroidered jacket with a Panda Express patch

Sixers 106, Celtics 93 No, it was not that close Yes, we go to Game 7

A raucous ovation for Tyrese Maxey and his 30 points as he heads off for Kyle Lowry

In lieu of Nick Nurse's press conference, I will be speaking only to this man with a light up Celtics logo for a necklace

The "We Want Boston" chants have resumed and I would strenuously advise against them

Celtics going with Ron Harper Jr. and Luka Garza. Making the Celtics did 3 centers deep in this series is not a minor achievement

The Andre Drummond 3 was the friends we made along the way

So Game 4 when Embiid came back, everyone on the 76ers stood and watched him. Tonight, the motion at the top of the K, the cuts to the elbow, the backdoor actions are so much better. They're gashing Boston's defense 88-65 76ers, 10:24 from a Game 7

This should count under my proposed and *still* pending global rule that cool shit always counts

Andre Drummond buzzer-beating corner 3, @ginamizell.bsky.social ??!?!?!

I guess Tyrese Maxey is allowed a heat check up 21, but man if that had gone

only 4 Sixers bench points. Could us a spark to keep the scoreboard ticking over from Grimes here

5:42 of the third -- first 2nd chance point by Boston on a Queta dunk

Embiid btb to Oubre under the basket PG btb in transition to VJ Edgecombe for a slam. Holy shit, this is what it's supposed to look like. 76ers up 69-54

He and Oubre are a combined 5-10 from 3-point range. Great volume, great percentage

Kelly Oubre steal Kelly Oubre feed to PG 3 Jaylen Brown 4th foul 76ers up 12 with the ball Pretty ideal first 33 seconds of the third quarter

Red Panda is here. Cue the @ginamizell.bsky.social klaxon

76ers up 58-49 at half. 1 Boston offensive rebounds, 0 2nd-chance points. Just 8 made baskets for Celtics who are not Tatum or Brown

Embiid around a screen for a 3-pointer and the 76ers are up 12 with 1:02 left in the first half.

Tatum and Brown have 26 of Boston's 42 points. I think the 76ers can live making those two beat you *IF* you shut off other avenues (like Pritchard and the kick-out 3s) If they both go off for 40 to get Boston to 110 points, so be it, man

Just picked up his third for sending Kelly Oubre flying. Oubre made the most of it, but ...

Andre Drummond has been in the game for the last 3.5 minutes and I hadn't even noticed. I take that as a good sign

You wish you had employees who worked as hard as Jaylen Brown's off-arm when he's driving

Joel Embiid had been 1-13 on 3-pointers in this series before that triple to put the 76ers up 26-25

Celtics had 1 offensive rebound and 0 second chance points in that 1st quarter. So far, so good for the 76ers on that front

Joel Embiid looked like he went knee to knee with Sam Hauser jumping for a loose ball. He punched the floor but got up quickly, limping a tad. Celtics 23, 76ers 20 after 1 quarter

Are the Knicks playing actual Hawks tonight? Like are they just stomping a flock of literal birds

The Philadelphia Union were successful in their appeal of Japhet Sery Larsen's red card. He is eligible to play Saturday

I believe he's said some version of this for 3 of the 5 games

Bench points were 149-86 coming into tonight. ANY boost off the bench needed for the 76ers

Can they afford to lose the weapon that is the Andre Drummond corner 3? My column:

Rob Thomson had been telling starting pitchers, 'whatever you do, don't go 7 innings.' So now that he's gone, Jesus Luzardo has done it without giving up a run tonight

Of note for the Union this weekend

Adam is the Woodward and Bernstein of 76ers' bigs rotations

Tobias Harris' arm sleeve was legit covered in Desmond Bane's blood

I fear a Kyle Lowry curtain call is all that's left to play for now

VJ Edgecombe: 2-for-9, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 pts, 5 fouls, minus-15 in 36 minutes I fear the rookie wall has found him

Joel Embiid is up to 31 minutes with 24 points. He played 39 on April 6 against San Antonio, between 34 and 36 in the three games before that

PHILADELPHIA >> When Vanessa Carlton came on the Karaoke Cam in the fourth quarter to sing "A Thousand Miles," she may as well have been describing the distance Sixers fans felt from the second round of the playoffs.

Looks like Tyrese Maxey lost his finger splint during a play and the 76ers may have used a timeout for him to find it and put it back on. Or because they're down 26 again

Luka Garza has 4 points, 1 assist and is a plus-9 with 5 fouls in 6 minutes. It might be the most impressive thing I've seen tonight

There's a world in which giving it the college try without Embiid, seeing Maxey/VJ take steps and losing in 5 as a big underdog to Boston would've felt OK. Then there's getting blitzed by Payton Pritchard at home

Looks like Joel Embiid just headed up the tunnel to the locker room

At 6:51 of the third quarter, the 76ers have their first offensive rebound. Joel Embiid trims to lead to a manageable 23

Nurse is out of challenges and has used 5 timeouts in less than 29 game minutes. When we say everyone has been bad today, we mean everyone.

VJ has missed 11 straight 3-point attempts

Joel Embiid is 3-for-12 from the field, Kelly Oubre Jr. and VJ Edgecombe have 4 combined points, and this is looking like the last 76ers game at Xfinity Mobile Arena this season. Celtics 69, 76ers 43

Tyrese Maxey hits a 3-pointer to start the second half before any of the courtside rich folks are back in their seats

A 30-16 rebounding edge for the Celtics, 9-0 on offensive boards. The Celtics have taken 28 3-pointers, the 76ers have attempted just 36 total shots. Extra possessions matter

To be fair, among 76ers starters, only Joel Embiid has more made shots than Franklin in the first 19 minutes of this game