Disguised as Allen Iverson, Tyrese Maxey (54 points) knocked out the Bucks in overtime

The match begins with a Paul George festival: 11 points in a row, as in his best hours, to start Sixers in advantage from the first minutes. Tyrese Maxey then takes over and makes baskets, only to extend the deficit over ten. During this time, Bucks are struggling on offense, having a series of turnovers and getting penalized in the process, even if there is a slight improvement at the end of the quarter (33-20).

That’s when it is Milwaukee they managed to reverse the trend, collectively, with the activity of Bobby Portis and Gary Trent Jr., not forgetting the encouragement of Ryan Rollins. Philadelphia starts spraying from afar, only Tyrese Maxey holds the bench, but since the defense does not follow the aggressiveness, it is in favor of Doc Rivers’ men, who miss very little on the shot and do everything to speed up the tempo (57-55).

Moreover, the tempo drops somewhat after the break and each team constantly responds to each other. On the one hand, Paul George and especially Tyrese Maxey are doing their best to get the Sixers back in the lead with breakthroughs. On the other hand, it’s Kyle Kuzma who takes over the game himself to keep the Bucks ahead, showing off his offensive range. The certainty is therefore total (81-77).

Ryan Rollins will try anything

Full of confidence, Tyrese Maxey is the spark that destabilizes a Milwaukee defense that is unable to contain him, in scoring and creation. His teammates take advantage of the opportunity to devour each other and it is logical that it is Philadelphia who takes the lead again. However, the home team did not give up and, supported by the crowd, found the skill to score 3 points, and Myles Turner eventually gave them the lead again with 15 seconds left. Before Maxi, again and again, equalized on free throws and went to overtime (106-106).

Tyrese Maxey regularly took two to drop the ball, Justin Edwards and Quentin Grimes tried to force a decision in overtime, but Ryan Rollins stayed to keep hope alive for the Bucks. But it didn’t last, because on free throws Grimes and then Maxi rounded off the success of the Sixers, who had to grab each other “consecutively” (123-114).

in the end, Tyrese McKay finished with 54 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks on the clock! next to him Paul George signs second rebound game with 21 points in 25 minutes, limited only by playing time at end. In the opposing ranks, Ryan Rollins had a big “double-double” without Giannis Antetokounmpo: 32 points, 14 assists and 6 rebounds.

TO BE REMEMBERED

– Tirese McKay in a state of grace. Tyrese Maxey reached the 50-point mark for the fourth time in his career and it was a real masterpiece in Milwaukee, despite all the fatigue accumulated in two days. The author of his new scoring record, the one that Paul George compares to Allen Iverson gave a lesson to all the Bucks defenders, who let him gain confidence from the start of the match and who eventually relented, sending only two or three defenders to him at the end. Without Joel Embiid, and even with Paul George, we obviously have the feeling that the Sixers are becoming his team and, seeing his current level of play, it’s no worse.

– Milwaukee is at the end. At home and against a back-to-back team, the Bucks had a great opportunity to come alive. Except they conceded their third straight loss and, without Giannis Antetokounmpo for a good ten days, now have a record of 8 wins and 8 losses. Burdened by defense in transition or too many other chances given to VJ Edgecombe or Dominick Barlow, Doc Rivers’ men also, above all, started to fight against all the classes of the Paul George – Tyrese Maxey duo, the authors of more than 60% of the Sixers’ points.

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How to read statistics? Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive jump; T = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = point difference when the player is on the court; Points = Points; Rating: player rating calculated based on positive actions – negative actions.