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Jared McCain assigned to Delaware Blue Coats

Jared McCain has not played more than 11 minutes in a game since Jan. 5. After he didn’t even see the court in Friday night’s 117-115 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, many people openly wondered whether he might be better served by a G League stint with Delaware. On Saturday afternoon, the Philadelphia 76ers arrived […]

24 days ago | 3 reads

When it rains, it pours this year in Philadelphia sports

This city can handle frustrating roster-building moves, and it can certainly handle losing. The constant barrage it’s come in this fall and winter is quite a lot to process. It hasn’t just been a bad week for the Sixers, who capped off a 1-3 week by blowing a 10-point fourth quarter lead to an Eastern […]

24 days ago | 0 reads

Sixers Bell Ringer: Cavs jump Sixers in the East standings after two-game sweep

2025-26 Sixers Bell Ringer standings:Tyrese Maxey – 17VJ Edgecombe – 5Paul George – 5Joel Embiid – 3Andre Drummond – 2Dominick Barlow – 1Adem Bona – 1Justin Edwards – 1Quentin Grimes – 1Jared McCain – 1Kelly Oubre Jr. – 1Trendon Watford – 115th roster spot – 1 The Sixers dropped their second game in a row […]

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24 days ago | 0 reads

Poor close, Cavs’ hot shooting doom Sixers, who move to 10-11 at home

A fitting loss to cap off a terrible Philly sports week The Sixers blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, falling 117-115 at the last second to the Cleveland Cavaliers, completing the sweep of the season series. Joel Embiid had a classic Joel Embiid performance, leading all Sixers with 33 points shooting 10-of-22 from […]

24 days ago | 2 reads

Sixers-Cavaliers: First Half Thread

Game Details When: Friday, January 16, 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: ESPN, NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

25 days ago | 1 read

Sixers host Cavs in final regular-season matchup

The Sixers are coming off another convincing loss to the Cavaliers, falling 133–107. Their third and final opportunity to secure a regular-season win against Cleveland comes Friday night, when they’ll once again host the Cavs. Coming off a matchup just 24 hours earlier, the Sixers were outworked and outplayed on nearly every front. Cleveland caught […]

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25 days ago | 1 read

As trade deadline nears, Sixers find themselves in a tricky spot

Even with their dispiriting loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night, the Sixers sit at 22-17, good for fifth in the East. If fans were told that would be the case back in October — and the team was getting MVP-caliber play from Tyrese Maxey, a physically improving version of Joel Embiid and a Rookie […]

26 days ago | 6 reads

Sixers lay another egg at home, get thoroughly dominated by Cavs

Well, the good news is Friday’s rematch can’t really go any worse than that. The Sixers were steamrolled 133-107 by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first of a two-game set Wednesday night. Tyrese Maxey had his quietest night of the season, having just 14 points shooting 5-of-16 from the field with four assists. Joel Embiid […]

NBA

26 days ago | 4 reads

Sixers-Cavaliers: Second Half Thread

Game Details When: Wednesday, January 14, 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: ESPN, NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

26 days ago | 2 reads

Sixers-Cavaliers: First Half Thread

Game Details When: Wednesday, January 14, 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PAWatch: ESPN, NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

27 days ago | 5 reads

Embiid, George, Edgecombe all probable for Sixers hosting Cavaliers

The Philadelphia 76ers are off on Tuesday, resting up after starting the week on a back-to-back, losing one and winning one against the Toronto Raptors. On Wednesday, they’ll return to South Philadelphia after a week on the road to host the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are sitting in seventh in the Eastern Conference as of Tuesday […]

28 days ago | 4 reads

Joel Embiid’s reemergence is one of the best stories of the NBA season

On Monday night in Toronto, Joel Embiid was in the lineup for the 20th time this season. It’s the middle of January and the former MVP has already played more games than he did in all of 2024-25. While playing this many games is an accomplishment in and of itself, the level of Embiid’s play […]

28 days ago | 1 read

Nick Nurse has a complicated relationship with his frontcourt

The last two games for the Philadelphia 76ers have summed up their season in some ways. Both were against the Toronto Raptors. On Sunday, Philadelphia lost a tight game in overtime without Joel Embiid. There was enough good in the loss on Sunday for someone to be intrigued enough to watch the next game. Then […]

28 days ago | 2 reads

Sixers Bell Ringer: Blazing hot first half carries Sixers to win over Raptors

2025-26 Sixers Bell Ringer standings:Tyrese Maxey – 16VJ Edgecombe – 5Paul George – 4Joel Embiid – 3Andre Drummond – 2Dominick Barlow – 1Adem Bona – 1Justin Edwards – 1Quentin Grimes – 1Jared McCain – 1Kelly Oubre Jr. – 1Trendon Watford – 115th roster spot – 1 After losing in overtime to these same Toronto Raptors […]

28 days ago | 4 reads

Offense comes to life as Sixers secure split in Toronto

If only they could shoot over 70% every half. The Sixers evened up the mini-series, beating the Toronto Raptors 115-102 Monday night, tying the season series at 2-2. Tyrese Maxey got off to such a hot start that no heroics were needed this night, leading all scorers with 33 points going 10-of-16 from the floor. […]

28 days ago | 0 reads

Sixers-Raptors: Second Half Thread

Game Details When: Monday, January 12, 7:30 p.m. ETWhere: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, CanadaWatch: NBC Sports Philadelphia PlusRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

28 days ago | 1 read

Sixers-Raptors: First Half Thread

Game Details When: Monday, January 12, 7:30 p.m. ETWhere: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, CanadaWatch: NBC Sports Philadelphia PlusRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers

28 days ago | 3 reads

Editor-in-chief mailbag: Another weird week for a weird team

The Sixers were rolling a bit. They’d won five of six. Joel Embiid and Paul George played six straight games together. Outside of a loss to the Hospital Nuggets last Monday, things were looking good heading into Sunday night’s matchup against the Raptors. But Embiid popped up on the injury report as out, now with […]

29 days ago | 2 reads

Embiid, George questionable as Sixers get chance to right wrongs, facing Raptors again

UPDATE, 1 p.m. ET: Injury reports are out. Joel Embiid, listed for left knee injury management and left adductor soreness, is questionable. Paul George is also questionable for left knee injury management after being a late scratch yesterday. For Toronto, they’ll be without RJ Barrett and Jakob Poeltl. Brandon Ingram is questionable with a thumb […]

29 days ago | 1 read