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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Dwayne Wade rolled back the years with a vintage performance as the Miami Heat ended Philadelphia’s 17-game winning streak to level their Eastern Conference playoff series on Monday. The 36-year-old Wade scored 28 points in 25 minutes from the bench as Miami stunned the 76ers’ home crowd into silence with a 113-103 victory. It was a superb performance from Wade, a three-time NBA champion who started this season with […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Philadelphia 76ers powered to a record-breaking 15th straight victory on Tuesday with a 121-113 defeat of the Atlanta Hawks to stay on course for the third seed in the Eastern Conference standings. J.J. Redick led the scoring with 28 points while Ersan Ilyasova weighed in with 26 off the bench as the Sixers moved to within one win of locking up the third spot. Ben Simmons, who had […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid suffered a left eye orbital fracture when he collided with a teammate and will require surgery, the NBA team said Thursday. Embiid was hurt when teammate Markelle Fultz accidentally drove his right shoulder into his face in the first half of Philadelphia’s win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday. Initially diagnosed with a facial contusion, Embiid left the game and didn’t return. He was […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Philadelphia 76ers led wire-to-wire in a 108-97 victory over the Cavaliers in Cleveland on Thursday, perhaps the perfect sales pitch if they want to lure LeBron James to Pennsylvania next season. The 76ers, who had lost 11 straight games to the Cavs, were fueled by 22 points from shooting guard JJ Redick, who connected on seven of his 11 shots from the floor, including four three-pointers. It was […]
By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News Service) — Joel Embiid and Kristaps Porzingis, two of the NBA’s most promising players, faced off as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers battled against the New York Knicks. The much-hyped matchup between “the Process” and “the Unicorn” grabbed the media’s attention but it was the Knicks Enes Kanter and 76ers reserve point guard T.J. McDonnell’s performances that stole the show. McDonnell capitalized on a […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Jahlil Okafor, restless without a real role for the Philadelphia 76ers, was traded to the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday in exchange for forward Trevor Booker, the Sixers said. Philadelphia also sent guard Nik Stauskas to Brooklyn along with 2019 second-round draft selection that originally belonged to the New York Knicks. Okafor, 21, was drafted third overall by Philadelphia in 2015. But he had fallen out of favor in a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz, the top pick in last June’s NBA draft, will be sidelined indefinitely with the right shoulder injury that has hindered him this season, the Sixers said Sunday. The 76ers said Fultz would be re-evaluated in three weeks. Fultz was seen by several shoulder specialists who found a scapular muscle imbalance in his right shoulder, but no structural damage to the joint. Fultz had already […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving is off to a rocky start with the Boston Celtics after the league slapped the point guard with a $25,000 fine on Sunday for verbally abusing a Philadelphia 76ers fan. The exchange took place at halftime of the Celtics 102-92 win on Friday over the 76ers when a fan made a reference to Irving’s former teammate LeBron James as the teams were heading to the locker rooms […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid sealed a five-year contract extension on Tuesday, with the injury-plagued Cameroon-born star saying he hoped to finish his career with the team. The 76ers did not confirm the financial terms of the deal but several US media outlets reported that Embiid stands to earn $148 million (125.3 million euros) over the course of the extension. If confirmed, that would mean Embiid, 23, is being […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Boston Celtics will meet the Philadelphia 76ers at the O2 Arena in London in January for a regular NBA game, league officials announced Thursday. The game, to be played January 11, will be the Celtics’ second trip to London, having played Minnesota there in a 2007 pre-season contest, and the first for the 76ers, whose prior British experience was a 2013 pre-season game at Manchester against Oklahoma City. The league announced […]
By: Tennie Sumague, Eagle News Service US, New York Bureau BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – The two worst teams in the Eastern Conference, Philadelphia and Brooklyn went head to head last Tuesday night where the short handed Sixers came from behind to beat the Nets 106-101 at the Barclays Center. The Sixers ended the fourth quarter on a 10-5 run and sealed the victory. Dario Saric led the team with 23 points and Robert Covington added […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Ben Simmons, the NBA’s number one overall draft pick who broke his foot in training with the Philadelphia 76ers, will likely need surgery, Sixers president Bryan Colangelo confirmed Sunday. Colangelo, speaking after Philadelphia’s first official practice at their new training facility, offered few specifics about the injury, a fracture to the fifth metatarsal bone. He did not confirm the Philadelphia Inquirer’s report that Australia’s Simmons will have surgery next week […]
