Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey shined during the team’s first playoff game against Toronto on Saturday, Tim Bontemps of ESPN.com writes. Maxey finished with 38 points and four rebounds, shooting 14-of-21 from the field and 5-of-8 from three-point range.
“His speed is a factor,” head coach Doc Rivers explained postgame. “We know that we have to keep using him in space. Some nights, maybe he’ll drive to pass. Tonight, it was him driving and getting to the basket and making shots.”
Maxey averaged 17.5 points per game this season, shooting 43% from deep. His emergence has allowed the Sixers to sport a “big four,” which includes James Harden, Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris.
There’s more from the Eastern Conference:
- Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington explores how the Wizards could navigate a much deeper Eastern Conference, which features several teams that have legitimate title hopes this season. Washington finished with a 35-47 record and seems committed to competing around Bradley Beal. Eastern Conference teams won more games against Western teams this season (226-224) for the first time since 2008/09.
- Lori Nickel of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscriber-only link) examines how the Bucks used their bye week ahead of the playoffs. Milwaukee spent time preparing for Chicago, a divisional rival who also earned a week of rest by avoiding the play-in tournament. The franchises will meet in the playoffs for the first time since 2015.
- Rod Boone of the Charlotte Observer takes a look at what went right and wrong for the Hornets this season. Charlotte made the play-in tournament after finishing 43-39 this season, going 0-7 in overtime games.
Maxey has become an all-star level G in the nba. I can’t believe 20 players were taken before him in the 2020 draft.
If I’m the hornets. I’m calling the lakers this off season and seeing what they want for Davis. Davis would be great in the pick and roll with Ball.
Probably revolves around dumping Westbrick. Would need to find a 3rd team willing to take on Russ and supply the draft capital or young players to do so.
As a Hornets fan, I’d rather not see them do that. Davis is injured way too often, and I remember there was a point where he didn’t particularly like playing Center.
I’d rather they go for Myles Turner. I know he also has some injury questions, but he’s a lot cheaper. They could add him and Harrison Barnes for just a little more than the cost of Davis.
No offense to the man, but the step down from the Sixers top 3 to him is fairly sizable.
*Tobi that is
Yeah but compare him to the 4th best guy on any team any he stacks up nice.
you’re not wrong. it’s not as much a Tobi thing as a further nod to my personal confidence in Tyrese
Mil becomes just a notch deadlier if they are going to get a 100% Lopez for this run.
Him and Bobby were the low key differences today in a pretty ugly affair
I can’t pick against Mil no matter who the opponent is.
A phenomenally well built roster, staff, and front office going on out there right now in the Midwest
The Bulls not only could of won that game but they should have won. DeRozan was horrible. If he’s just average Bulls win. Still, that being said, The roster still needs some tweaks. White not very impressive either.