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When your head and your heart often conflict on the outcome of a game involving one of your teams, your head is usually more realistic or pessimistic while your heart is the more optimistic part of your body. For most Sixers fans, it’s the opposite entering Saturday night’s Game 7 in Boston in a first-round […]
In another year and another Sixers-Celtics Game 7, the Artist Formerly Known as Lloyd Free was determined to make a name for himself. One of ‘em, anyway. He is known now as World B. Free. Has been since December 1981, when he legally changed his name midway through a 13-year run as a freewheeling, shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later […]
Game Seven. Two of the most heart-pumping words in all of sports. Under any circumstances, the Philadelphia 76ers playing a win-or-go-home game with the season on the line would make for an edge-of-your-seat viewing experience. However, tonight has the added element of coming against the rival Boston Celtics, with all of the history that entails. […]
There are many fans who believe the Sixers are cursed — and the evidence is fairly convincing. Between injuries, guys forgetting how to shoot, front office drama and scandals, point guard holdouts, crushing playoff defeats and everything in between, it does feel like an otherworldly force has been against them in the Joel Embiid era. […]
Game 6 was a dream I never want to wake up from. As the Sixers have forced a Game 7 in Boston against the heavily favored Celtics, I’ll share a new “5 Sixers thoughts” column with you all… My Paul George apology form I hated the Paul George contract before the ink even dried on […]
While the Sixers went into their round one series against the Boston Celtics not knowing whether Joel Embiid would be available for it, they did have something they haven’t in their previous three playoff matchups against Boston: wings to throw at their stars. Paul George and Kelly Oubre Jr. possess enough length, speed and strength […]
This is what the Sixers were supposed to look like. This is who they were supposed to be, from the moment Paul George arrived in the summer of 2024, satchelful of Josh Harris’ cash in hand and visions of greatness dancing in his head. Which is to say, connected and competitive. Explosive and entertaining. Versatile […]
Sixers Bell Ringer Season Standings: Tyrese Maxey – 23.5VJ Edgecombe – 16Joel Embiid – 13.5Paul George – 8Kelly Oubre Jr. – 5Justin Edwards – 4Andre Drummond – 3Quentin Grimes – 3Jared McCain – 3Dominick Barlow – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 2Adem Bona – 1Porter Martone – 1Cam Payne – 1Jabari Walker – 1Trendon Watford – 115th […]
Maybe we do want Boston? The Sixers smoked the Celtics 106-93 in Game 6 in a contest that was not as close as the score would indicate. There will a Game 7 in Boston Saturday. Tyrese Maxey was brilliant from start to finish, leading all scorers with 30 points, shooting 11-of-22 from the floor along […]
Game Details When: Thursday, April 30, 8:00 p.m. ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: Peacock, NBC Sports NetworkRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers
Game Details When: Thursday, April 30, 8:00 p.m. ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: Peacock, NBC Sports NetworkRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers
Imagine not being able to enjoy Joel Embiid’s fantastic Game 5 performance in Boston. Surely, Sixers fans have been emotionally fatigued after nearly a decade of not getting out of the second round with a slew of different roster iterations centered around Embiid. After last season’s debacle, many of them likely resigned to the team […]
Just when you think the season looks like it’s over, they pull you right back in. After a close loss in Game 3 and getting trounced in Game 4, the Sixers came back with a vengeance to take Game 5 on the road in Boston, winning 113-97. It took until the start of the fourth […]
Betting on himself this season didn’t go nearly as well as Quentin Grimes may have hoped. A tumultuous restricted free agency saw him return to the Sixers on only the $6 million dollar qualifying offer in hopes of scoring a better deal the following offseason. He started well, averaging 17 points per game, shooting 44.8% […]
An emergency appendectomy. Just 10 days before the start of the playoffs. If you had to guess which player it happened to, you’d say “Joel Embiid” before someone even asked. Just another bizarre and unfortunate moment for a player whose career has been derailed by them. But for one night, there was no talk of […]
Sixers Bell Ringer Season Standings: Tyrese Maxey – 23.5VJ Edgecombe – 16Joel Embiid – 12.5Paul George – 8Kelly Oubre Jr. – 5Justin Edwards – 4Andre Drummond – 3Quentin Grimes – 3Jared McCain – 3Dominick Barlow – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 2Adem Bona – 1Porter Martone – 1Cam Payne – 1Jabari Walker – 1Trendon Watford – 115th […]
We’re not going anywhere just yet. The Sixers stole another one in Boston, winning Game 5 113-97 to send the series back to Philly at 3-2. Joel Embiid found himself in the third quarter, leading all scorers with 33 points shooting 12-of-23 from the field along with four rebounds and eight assists. Tyrese Maxey was much […]
Game Details When: Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: TD Garden, Boston, MAWatch: ESPNRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers
Game Details When: Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: TD Garden, Boston, MAWatch: ESPNRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers
Celtics in five was probably the most commonly predicted outcome of this first-round series between Boston and Philadelphia. As the series returns to Beantown for the fifth game on Tuesday night, it’s certainly looking like that outcome will come to fruition after the Sixers laid another egg, this time on their home floor, in the […]
The Philadelphia 76ers’ 2025-26 season could be approaching its swan song, with the Boston Celtics just one win away from closing out the first-round playoff series and eliminating the Sixers. Though, to be fair, I think “swan songs” are supposed to be beautiful or brilliant. This feels quite far from that. The Sixers trail the […]
It was always going to take a lot for the Sixers to pull off a first-round upset over the second-seeded Boston Celtics. They were going to have to make the rebounding battle look respectable, which they haven’t done. They were going to have to keep Boston’s role players in check, which they haven’t done. Their […]
Everything you need to know about Game 4 of the Sixers-Celtics series was encapsulated in a single Boston possession late in the first quarter. Jayson Tatum missed a three-pointer, and teammate Baylor Scheierman tracked down the offensive rebound. And well, OK, it happens. But then the ball found its way to the C’s Nikola Vucevic, […]
2025-26 Sixers Bell Ringer season standings:Tyrese Maxey – 23.5VJ Edgecombe – 16Joel Embiid – 11.5Paul George – 8Kelly Oubre Jr. – 5Justin Edwards – 4Andre Drummond – 3Quentin Grimes – 3Jared McCain :’( – 3Dominick Barlow – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 2Adem Bona – 1Porter Martone – 1Cam Payne – 1Jabari Walker – 1Trendon Watford – […]
As we saw in Game 1, playing poorly while missing every shot possible is a bad combination. The Sixers got blown out again 128-96 by the Boston Celtics in Game 4 Sunday night, falling to a 3-1 series deficit. In his first game back since appendectomy surgery, Joel Embiid looked like the only Sixer ready […]