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Tyrese Maxey scores 40 points, and VJ Edgecombe adds 34 to help the Philadelphia 76ers rally from a fourth-quarter deficit and beat the Boston Celtics 117-116 in their season opener on Wednesday night.
The Boston Celtics open up their 2025-26 season with a home matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night. Both teams will start the season without
Celtics guard Derrick White revealed that the ball didn't reach who it was supposed to at the end of Boston's season-opening loss.
PHILADELPHIA — When a team with so much expectation for a season goes through 82 games and wins 24 of them, the next year can go a couple of ways. The spiral could continue. The frustration can linger. And almost everything can fall apart. Or maybe reinforcements can be made and lessons can be learned.
In 42 minutes, Edgecombe scored 34 points, while coming down with seven rebounds, dishing out three assists, and snatching one steal. The athleticism was on full display. He was a high-volume three-point shooter who looked absolutely fearless in a rivalry game on the road.