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The TNT cameras caught the star forward and Raptors coach verbally sparring as the clock dwindled down on Philadelphia's 112-97 victory.

There’s nothing there but us trying to compete against him and him trying to compete against us.” “So I feel like every foul was legit and probably should have been more, honestly.” “Obviously, he’s been able to accomplish [a lot] and always been a big fan.

The Philadelphia 76ers have quickly exposed several flaws in this Toronto Raptors roster that could prevent them from winning the series.

The list of players who have averaged 23 or more points per game against Toronto this season features plenty of more explosive, agile guards. Fred VanVleet and Pascal Siakam are spectacular, but they alone can’t lead Toronto to wins in four of their next five games against one of the best teams in the East. Injuries and poor play have been the name of the game so far.

What was Embiid's message? "He's a great coach," Embiid said. "Obviously, he's been able to accomplish [a lot] and always been a big fan. "But, I ...

JOEL Embiid had 31 points and 11 rebounds to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Toronto Raptors 112-97 to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference ...

All 19 came in the first quarter. Maxey halted the 20-2 run with a 3-pointer and a 100-86 lead. The Sixers went ahead 59-46 when Harden drove to the basket and scored with 5:09 left in the second quarter.

Joel Embiid told Nick Nurse to stop complaining about the refereeing after he shot more free throws than the entire Toronto Raptors team.

If you’re going to be physical, I’m going to come back with more power and make you stop me and make it more obvious if the refs don’t want to call it. “I got a lost of respect for all these coaches, but I feel like they have self-awareness about when they say this kind of stuff [about] whether the referees are not calling [fouls] any more. “On defense, I just wanted to make sure the refs to let us know how physical they wanted the game to be, so that’s when [OG Anunoby and I] started pushing each other and got techs. “If you triple-team somebody all game, they’re bound to get to the free throw line. “I didn’t really want them to set that [physical] tone,” he said. “I wanted myself and us to set that tone.

After being thoroughly outplayed by the Sixers and ultimately losing by 20 points, 131-111, in Game 1, the main question heading into Game 2 was how would the ...

He played just a total of 29 minutes -- and scored eight points -- in the first two games after Philadelphia preemptively replaced him in the starting lineup with Danny Green for continuity's sake. However, Thybulle has largely been a non-factor in the series so far. Despite a solid start (Toronto outscored Philadelphia 33-32 in the first quarter) and a late run, the Raptors were again outclassed by what simply appears to be a deeper, more talented and more physical Sixers team. As a team, Philadelphia shot 30 free throws -- compared to just 12 for Toronto. It appears as though Nick Nurse's plan of publicly criticizing the officials after Game 1 didn't have the effect he was hoping it would. OG Anunoby (26 points, three assists), Pascal Siakam (20 points, 10 rebounds, five assists) and Fred VanVleet (20 points, seven assists) all had their moments on Monday night, but ultimately their production paled in comparison to that of Philadelphia's key contributors. Did they have a bounce-back performance in them in order to even up the series?

The Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors face off on Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena in Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs series.

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Following a spectacular Game 1 performance, Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey looked to keep the ball rolling against the Toronto Raptors on Monday ...

Maxey didn't explode offensively on Monday night the way he did in Game 1, but he had another stellar outing after getting off to a silent start. In 41 minutes of action, Maxey followed up his 38-point outing with 23 points in Game 2. And when Maxey checked back into the game for a nine-minute shift in the second quarter, he bounced back. Then in the fourth quarter, he collected five more points after making both of his field goal attempts in nine minutes. Through the first quarter of action, Maxey took just one shot in ten minutes. Frustrated with the results of Game 1, the Raptors entered Game 2 with a different intensity.

The Toronto Raptors are off to a tough start in their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers. After finding success against the Sixers ...

Or, if you want to push them off and try to hold them off and all that stuff, they are bound to get to the free-throw line. There's nothing there but us trying to compete against him and him trying to compete against us." They see it live, and it looks like a charge, see it on film, and it looks like a charge, so I thought that was a missed one. It was two others — there was one to the back of the head, and there was an open hand slap to the face. We're gonna stand in there, and we'll see if we don't get a few more elbows to the face calls and a few more beat him to the spot calls." Before Nurse addressed the media on Monday night, he had what looked like a heated conversation with Joel Embiid as the game winded down. I mean, if you’re going to triple-team somebody all game, they’re bound to get to the free-throw line. "He’s a great coach, obviously," Embiid said. It’s the playoffs, and we expect it to be physical, and we’ve got to be able to handle that.” There was another open-handed slap to the face that I don’t understand why they will not call them, but other than that, at least there wasn’t as many elbows thrown to the face tonight that we had to endure." The Toronto Raptors are off to a tough start in their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers. In Game 1, Philly opened the series with a 131-111 blowout win over the Raptors. While Game 2 was closer, in the end, the Sixers still dominated.

The Philadelphia 76ers acquired some quality selections during the 2020 NBA Draft. Not only did they select Paul Reed and Isaiah Joe in the second round, ...

But, there were many question marks as to why Maxey fell outside of the lottery. Maxey rallied for 38 points against the Raptors as the Sixers dominated Toronto with a 131-111 victory. During his first playoff start, Maxey nearly exceeded his NBA Playoff career-high of 16 points in the first half on Saturday.

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse wasn't pleased with the officiating in the Game 1 matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Raptors on Saturday.

As Embiid believes the calls have been fair and even generous to Toronto at times, Nurse remained frustrated throughout the game on Monday. Or, if you want to push them off and try to hold them off and all that stuff, they are bound to get to the free-throw line. And after getting whistled for five fouls in the first outing, he had just two called against him in Game 2. After shooting 11 free throws in Game 1, Embiid had the opportunity to put up 14 free throws on Monday night. It was two others — there was one to the back of the head, and there was an open hand slap to the face. It’s the playoffs, and we expect it to be physical, and we’ve got to be able to handle that.”