The Philadelphia 76ers found themselves down by 21 points in the first half on Saturday night on the road against a very good Sacramento Kings team. They were missing Joel Embiid and James Harden and it looked like it would be a tough ending to an overall road trip.
Instead, the Sixers were able to dig deep and rally for a 129-127 win over the Kings. Philadelphia played so poorly in the first half as Sacramento was able to get whatever they want on their offensive end, but they completely flipped the script after halftime led by Tyrese Maxey in order to get the win.
Maxey scored 15 points in the third quarter scoring 11 straight Philadelphia points at one point in order to lead the comeback. He finished with 32 points and six assists on the night and the Sixers needed every single one of those points in order to get it done.
They also received a huge lift from others. Tobias Harris had 17, Montrezl Harrell had 17, Georges Niang had 17, De’Anthony Melton had 14, and Shake Milton had 15.
NBA Twitter gave its best reactions to a wild one in Sacramento: