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Player grades: Paul Reed, role players lead Sixers over Nets in finale

Paul Reed and the role players step up to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the Brooklyn Nets in the season finale.

NEW YORK–The Philadelphia 76ers paid a visit to the Barclays Center on Easter Sunday looking to finish the season on the right note as they took on the Brooklyn Nets. What “right note” means is making sure they are all in one piece before they head into the playoffs.

Also, when considering they will face this same Nets team in Game 1 of Round 1, neither team played any of their main rotation pieces. In another game that featured all of the role players, Paul Reed and the Sixers came out on top 134-105 to head into the postseason on a high note. Reed had 17 points and 10 rebounds in some very productive minutes for Philadelphia.

Shake Milton had 20 points and eight assists and Mac McClung had 20 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists to lead the Sixers and Louis King also had 20 points. Dewayne Dedmon added 14 and seven rebounds while Danuel House Jr. added nine points and Jalen McDaniels had eight points.

Here are the player grades following the win:

Sixers vs. Nets game preview: Lineups, how to watch, broadcast info

The Philadelphia 76ers will take on the Brooklyn Nets on Easter Sunday in the season finale.

The Philadelphia 76ers will finish up the 2022-23 regular season when they take on the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, and if you’re wondering how you can watch all the action live, you’ve come to the right place. The Sixers are sitting at 53-28 and will look to finish the season on the right note before the playoffs begin.

The Sixers will face these same Nets in Game 1 of the playoffs the following weekend so one has to figure that neither team will play any of their regulars. Philadelphia will throw out a lineup featuring Jalen McDaniels, Jaden Springer, Mac McClung, and others in this meaningless game. The Nets will do the same with their younger players to prepare for the postseason.

Here’s when and where you should tune in to see the matchup:

Sixers’ Jalen McDaniels feeling ready for playoff debut vs. Nets

Philadelphia 76ers forward Jalen McDaniels is ready to make his playoff debut against the Brooklyn Nets.

The Philadelphia 76ers made the big move at the deadline to acquire a lengthy 3-and-D player to bolster their bench unit. They acquired Jalen McDaniels from the Charlotte Hornets in a four-team deal that sent Matisse Thybulle to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The questions about McDaniels headed to Philadelphia focused on the lack of playoff experience at this level. McDaniels had spent the first three-and-a-half seasons of his career with the Hornets. While he was in the play-in tournament in 2021 and 2022 with Charlotte, it doesn’t compare to the playoffs themselves.

After the Sixers’ surprising 136-131 OT win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, McDaniels spoke on getting set to make his playoff debut against the Brooklyn Nets in the first round.

“This is my first playoff experience,” McDaniels told reporters. “So I’m just gonna do me. Just go out there and play hard. Play the right way and try to move on.”

McDaniels seems to be getting more comfortable in his role. Over his last seven games, he is shooting 56.3% from deep. That shooting will be crucial against the Nets in the playoffs.

“Just getting comfortable with time,” he finished. “Now, I feel like myself just out there doing what I do. As to where I first got here, I was a little timid, I didn’t know where to go, stuff like that, but now I’m good. I know my role, I know what to do, so it’s solid.”

McDaniels and the Sixers will face the Nets in the season finale on the road on Easter Sunday.

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Sixers seeing Jalen McDaniels getting more comfortable with his role

The Philadelphia 76ers are seeing Jalen McDaniels being more comfortable with his role and what they want to do.

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers have been working on making sure Jalen McDaniels is comfortable as they prepare for what they hope will be a deep playoff run. They are beginning to see a payoff to the trade they made at the deadline.

Before McDaniels scored 24 points with 11 rebounds in a shocking road win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, they were beginning to see the athletic wing out of San Diego State find his role.

In Thursday’s home finale loss to the Miami Heat, McDaniels was one of the lone bright spots: He had 10 points and he knocked down two 3s.

“He’s just getting more comfortable,” Rivers said after that loss to the Heat of McDaniels. “So we kept him out there the entire — that was part of the plan. Let him burn as many minutes as he can because he still doesn’t know all our stuff. Today (Thursday) when we were running our zone offense, he’s not comfortable in that. So I just thought playing him and keeping them out there was good for him.”

McDaniels has caught the attention of his teammates. The Sixers have been in need of somebody athletic who can bring that aspect to the floor and knock down jumpers as well.

“He’s been awesome,” added Georges Niang. “I think he’s been great since he got here. He brings a different dynamic for us. A long, athletic wing. Like I said, he’s feeling more comfortable and doing more things out there. So he’s been great for us.”

The Sixers will finish the season on Sunday against the Brooklyn Nets.

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Sixers impressed with role players after shocking win over Hawks

The Philadelphia 76ers were impressed with their role players after a shocking win over the Atlanta Hawks on the road.

The Philadelphia 76ers were looking for a bounce-back effort on Friday when they paid a visit to the Atlanta Hawks, but did so without their top six players. The Sixers had nothing to play for so they rested their main players to prepare for the playoffs.

Most expected a loss. Instead, the role players stepped up, rallying from a deficit as large as a 15 points to beat the Hawks, 136-131, in overtime.

Jalen McDaniels had 24 points and 11 rebounds. Georges Niang had 24 points, and Danuel House Jr. added 22. Jaden Springer had 19 points and made some really huge plays in the fourth quarter to force the extra session. Montrezl Harrell had a double-double off the bench, and Mac McClung made his Sixers debut. Philadelphia needed everyone’s contributions.

“Good win,” coach Doc Rivers told reporters. “Everybody. Jalen McDaniels was phenomenal. Paul Reed played well, Trez’s minutes when he came in was unbelievable. Everybody that came off the bench was good. Furk (Korkmaz) had had a good stretch. McClung. I mean everybody did something for our team, and that’s what you have to be when you’re short-handed like that.”

After a blowout loss in the home finale to the Miami Heat, one assumed it would be more of the same on Friday with the Hawks. Instead, McDaniels, Springer, Niang and House Jr. dug deep Sixers.

“I wanted to win this game,” Rivers added. “I just thought it’d be good for our guys. I told our coaches I said, I don’t know if we can win this game or not, but this is an important game for our role players to come out and kind of prove that they’re good basketball players and start feeling good.”

Also, when considering the Hawks still had play-in positioning to play for while the Sixers had nothing to play for, and Philadelphia still came out on top is a great sign for this group. Rivers will take more performances such as this one

“Going into the playoffs, wins like this, when you have your top, what, seven guys out? It’s huge for you,” the coach finished. “Nothing with Atlanta. It was just like I just thought, good performance, number one, but let’s try to win the game so I was into this. This was just a lot of fun.”

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Player grades: Jalen McDaniels, bench leads Sixers past Hawks in OT

Jalen McDaniels has a nice night as the Philadelphia 76ers were able to knock off the Atlanta Hawks on the road.

The Philadelphia 76ers found themselves locked in another meaningless contest on Friday as they paid a visit to the Atlanta Hawks on the road. The Sixers decided to smartly sit Joel Embiid, James Harden, Tyrese Maxey, Tobias Harris, PJ Tucker, and De’Anthony Melton in order to get them ready for the playoffs while the Hawks are fighting for play-in tournament positioning.

The result was the Sixers played Jaden Springer and Mac McClung fresh off a G League title with the Delaware Blue Coats on Thursday, but Philadelphia showed off a lot of fight rallying from 15 points down and they were able to knock off the Hawks 136-131 in overtime in an impressive effort. Jalen McDaniels had 24 points and 11 rebounds in a solid night and Georges Niang had 24 points while knocking down five triples.

Springer had a career-high 19 points, Danuel House Jr. had 22 points, Montrezl Harrell had 11 and 10 rebounds, and Paul Reed had 10 and eight rebounds. Shake Milton added 15 and a career-high 16 assists.

Here are the player grades following the surprising win:

Player grades: Joel Embiid, Sixers drop home finale to desperate Heat

Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers drop the home finale to a desperate Miami Heat team.

PHILADELPHIA–The regular season home finale didn’t mean anything for the Philadelphia 76ers. They are officially locked into the No. 3 seed for the playoffs beginning on April 15 and the goal now is to make sure everybody is on the same page for the postseason. The Miami Heat, on the other hand, are still chasing a playoff spot.

It was evident early as the Heat built up a 33-point lead, and while the Sixers worked their way back into it a bit in the third quarter, Miami eventually walked away with a 129-101 victory to keep their hopes for the No. 6 seed alive. Jimmy Butler had 24 points, six assists, and three rebounds to lead the Heat.

Joel Embiid had 21 points and six rebounds for Philadelphia, James Harden had 14 points, four assists, and four rebounds, and Tobias Harris had 11 points and five rebounds, Jalen McDaniels had 10 off the bench while Shake Milton had 11 and nine assists.

Here are the player grades after the loss:

Player grades: Joel Embiid dominates to lead Sixers past Celtics at home

Joel Embiid has a big night as the Philadelphia 76ers were able to pick up an important win over the Boston Celtics at home.

PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia 76ers returned home on Tuesday looking to keep their slim hopes alive for the No. 2 seed in the East as they played host to the Boston Celtics. The Sixers entered the night trailing Boston by three games for the No. 2 seed with four games remaining so this one was a must-win game.

Philadelphia used a steady dose of Joel Embiid all night long to deter anything the Celtics could throw at them as they were able to come away with a 103-101 victory as Jayson Tatum missed at the buzzer. It was an important win not only in the standings, but for their psyche as Boston had won the previous three matchups.

Embiid had 52 points on a ridiculous 20-for-25 shooting and 13 rebounds with six assists for Philadelphia, James Harden had 20 points, 11 assists, and five rebounds, and PJ Tucker had 11 points with nine of those coming late in the fourth. Jalen McDaniels had eight points while Tobias Harris added five points and six rebounds.

Here are the player grades after the win:

Player grades: Giannis Antetokounmpo leads red-hot Bucks over Sixers

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the red-hot Milwaukee Bucks over the Philadelphia 76ers at home.

MILWAUKEE–The Philadelphia 76ers paid a visit to the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night looking to keep the winning streak going. They had won two in a row at home and they were looking to keep that rolling when they paid a visit to the Fiserv Forum.

The Bucks had other plans as they made 10 of their first 11 shots and shot a red-hot 69.6% from the floor in the first quarter on their way to an 18-point lead in the game’s opening frame. The Sixers found a way to climb back into it, but their rally wasn’t enough as Milwaukee walked away with a 117-104 victory. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points, 14 rebounds, and six assists for the Bucks.

The Sixers were led by Tyrese Maxey with 29 points, Joel Embiid had 28 points, nine rebounds, and five assists and James Harden added 11 points and six assists. Paul Reed had eight and eight rebounds and Danuel House Jr. added eight off the bench.

Here are the player grades following the loss:

Player grades: James Harden, Joel Embiid lead Sixers to win over Raptors

James Harden and Joel Embiid lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the Toronto Raptors at home.

PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia 76ers are continuing to get themselves together as they prepare for the playoffs and a matchup with the Toronto Raptors is what the doctor ordered in that respect. The Raptors are the type of team the Sixers will see in the postseason with their size, length, and athletic ability.

Philadelphia had a near-perfect first half as they shot a scorching 76.9% from the floor in order to build a 77-57 halftime lead. However, the Raptors worked their way back into it and cut the lead down to seven rather quickly and then the lead was only two in the fourth. Eventually, the Sixers were able to pull away for a 117-110 victory in large part due to James Harden and Joel Embiid.

Harden had 23 points and 11 assists while Embiid added 25 points and 12 rebounds for Philadelphia. Tyrese Maxey added 13 points and six assists, De’Anthony Melton added 13 points, and PJ Tucker had nine and five rebounds. Paul Reed added 11 points and six rebounds and Danuel House Jr. added eight off the bench.

Here are the player grades after the win: