PHILADELPHIA — Daryl Morey began his end-of-season press conference Sunday with an eight-minute mea culpa as a preamble. It was nearly two minutes for every…
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Sixers Notebook: Tyrese Maxey, others agree, ‘only way we can go from here is up’
By The Citizen on April 13, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The biggest takeaway from Tyrese Maxey, Kelly Oubre and others surveying the wreckage of the 76ers’ season was that it can’t get worse…
Kevin Huerter’s five deep balls lead Bulls’ comeback over sad Sixers
By The Citizen on April 13, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Huerter hit five 3-pointers and scored 18 points and the Chicago Bulls warmed-up for an NBA play-in game with a 122-102 win…
Sixers Notebook: Counting up the damage in Game 81 of a lost season
By The Citizen on April 11, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Game 81 of the Philadelphia 76ers season featured exactly three players who were wearing the team’s jersey in Game 1. Of the 13…
Anthony Edwards helps Timberwolves hand 76ers 11th straight loss
By The Citizen on April 5, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Edwards scored 37 points, Rudy Gobert added 23 points and 19 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves extended their winning streak to five…
OG Anunoby scores 27 points as Knicks hand 76ers ninth straight loss
By The Citizen on April 1, 2025
By Brian Mahoney NEW YORK — OG Anunoby scored 27 points, and the New York Knicks handed the 76ers their ninth straight loss, 105-91, Tuesday…
Now back at home, 76ers tank race continues
By The Citizen on March 25, 2025
It was a near perfect road trip for the Philadelphia 76ers. That’s what 1-5 equals, in the upside-down world that the 76ers’ 2024-25 season inhabits.…
Jaylin Williams triple-double helps short-handed Thunder rout 76ers
By The Citizen on March 19, 2025
By Tim Willert OKLAHOMA CITY — Jaylin Williams scored a career-high 19 points and had 17 rebounds and 11 assists for his second career triple-double,…
Sixers’ debilitated dozen make strong argument for tank quest
By The Citizen on March 14, 2025
Seventeen games remain in the merciless slog of the 76ers season. The latest installment includes an injury report that is 12-men strong. Lonnie Walker IV…
Tyrese Maxey, Paul George miss 76ers’ visit to short-handed Celtics
By The Citizen on March 6, 2025
There may be more players unavailable than actually on the floor for Thursday night’s game between the 76ers and Celtics in Boston. Tyrese Maxey missed…
Tyrese Maxey injury renders depleted Sixers powerless against Portland
By The Citizen on March 3, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — In a game where Nick Nurse admitted being unsure where his back-up point guard minutes would come from, the 76ers soon enough had…
De George: More than injuries, hectic roster moves have done Sixers no favors
By The Citizen on March 3, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers got closure last Friday for the 2024-25 season on the status of Joel Embiid, the oft-injured big man officially ruled out…
Sixers Notebook: Guerschon Yabusele relieved to see through the darkness
By The Citizen on February 28, 2025
CAMDEN, N.J. — Guerschon Yabusele spent most of Tuesday in the dark, unable to see much after leaving the 76ers’ game Monday night with the…
Josh Giddey scores 25 points Bulls snap skid, wallop Sixers
By The Citizen on February 24, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Josh Giddey had 25 points, 16 rebounds and six assists as the Chicago Bulls ended a six-game skid by routing the 76ers 142-110…
Joel Embiid gets knee testing as 76ers ponder way forward
By The Citizen on February 24, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers are laboring beneath one large question mark, and it’s not the one elucidated daily on the injury report. Joel Embiid’s…
Sixers Notebook: Injuries have hampered a rebuild of the backcourt
By The Citizen on February 20, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Changes at the trade deadline left the 76ers mostly untouched. But with injuries, the backcourt has almost had to be reborn midseason. The…