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. They won by a convincing final of 111-97 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. to even up the first-round series at one game apiece.
In the fourth quarter, Maxey hit a tough reverse layup and also drew a foul on Boston’s Jayson Tatum for the and-1 opportunity. After making the shot, Maxey turned to the Celtics crowd and began talking smack (in the direction of both the stands and the Boston bench).
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Tyrese Maxey has words for the Celtics bench and crowd pic.twitter.com/OtXvp7bTXy
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The two-time NBA All-Star Maxey finished with 29 points and nine assists on 11/28 shooting. His backcourt partner VJ Edgecombe, a rookie for the 76ers, fared even better by putting up 30 points and 10 rebounds on 12/20 shooting.
Philadelphia, a No. 7 seed, was also playing against Boston, a No. 2 seed, without the services of former MVP center Joel Embiid, who is still recovering from an appendectomy. While Embiid’s status for the remainder of the first-round series is very murky at best, the 76ers at least succeeded on Tuesday in extending their season to give Embiid a better shot at returning.
