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"The challenge is they're going to come with a different mentality," Justin Edwards said. "We beat them at home in the opener. We just got to try to build off of what we did last game and then add the pieces that we have and the film that we've been watching just trying to put into the game."
The Philadelphia 76ers are off to a perfect start this season, standing among the league’s few unbeaten teams. They’ll look to extend that momentum as they open their NBA Cup campaign against the Boston Celtics tonight.
On Friday night, the Philadelphia 76ers will welcome the Boston Celtics into the Xfinity Mobile Arena for the opening match of the NBA Cup tournament. The Sixer
Brown was whistled for a technical foul with 7:04 left in the third quarter which helped the Sixers to kickstart a 9-0 run and tie the game at 72-72. Boston was able to bounce back from that outburst and retake control after squandering a double-digit lead but Brown took responsibility for losing his cool.
"We said if we got the game to 10 points, we were going to find a way to win," Maxey said. "We got the game to 10. We found a way to win."
The Philadelphia 76ers have gotten off to quite the scorching hot start this season, putting together a 4-0 record leaving the opening week. This spotless recor