The 76ers had to play a basketball game on Saturday while missing a ton of players on the roster due to the global pandemic and various injuries so they were down to only seven players against the Nuggets.
That then forced the Sixers to run the offense through rookie Tyrese Maxey.
The 21st pick in the 2020 NBA draft responded in a big way with 39 points, seven rebounds, and six assists with two steals as the Sixers fell 115-103 in the process.
Maxey is the first rookie to put up that stat line as a rookie since Allen Iverson in 1997.
It’s bittersweet. We didn’t win and that’s always the ultimate goal. That’s what I went out there to try to do and I try to have my team do whatever it took to try to win the basketball game, Tyrese Maxey told reporters.
We fell short, but like I said, It’s bittersweet, it’s cool. You’re not going to really think about that much. It’s over and I’m looking forward to the next game, try to go out there to Atlanta and get a W, Tyrese Maxey told reporters
Tyrese Maxey reacts to joining Allen Iverson in Sixers record books
The 76ers had to play a basketball game on Saturday while missing a ton of players on the roster due to the global pandemic and various injuries so they were down to only seven players against the Nuggets.
That then forced the Sixers to run the offense through rookie Tyrese Maxey.
The 21st pick in the 2020 NBA draft responded in a big way with 39 points, seven rebounds, and six assists with two steals as the Sixers fell 115-103 in the process.
Maxey is the first rookie to put up that stat line as a rookie since Allen Iverson in 1997.
It’s bittersweet. We didn’t win and that’s always the ultimate goal. That’s what I went out there to try to do and I try to have my team do whatever it took to try to win the basketball game, Tyrese Maxey told reporters.
We fell short, but like I said, It’s bittersweet, it’s cool. You’re not going to really think about that much. It’s over and I’m looking forward to the next game, try to go out there to Atlanta and get a W, Tyrese Maxey told reporters