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The Boston Celtics will look to extend their first win streak of the NBA's 2025-26 regular season with a win against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Tyrese Maxey had a great highlight during the third quarter of the 76ers' NBA Cup opener against the Celtics on Friday night.
Jaylen Brown scored 32 points, Anfernee Simons added 19 and the Boston Celtics never trailed in a 109-108 win against the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Celtics led by 24 points in the second quarter on Friday and were still fortunate to leave Philadelphia with a win.
The Boston Celtics handed the Philadelphia 76ers their first loss of the season and delivered a wire-to-wire reminder of their resilience, edging out a tense 109-108 victory to open NBA Cup play on Friday night.
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Boston escaped a near 24-point collapse against the 76ers by diving for loose balls and crashing the offensive glass.
The Celtics hung on late, this time needing the 76ers to miss at the buzzer. The end result was a 109-108 Boston victory Friday from Philadelphia. The C’s won their third straight game, getting to 3-3, while the Sixers dropped to 4-1. Boston also improved to 1-0 in NBA Cup East Group B play.