Tuesday night, with Philadelphia's season seemingly over, Tyrese Maxey scored seven points in the final 25 seconds of regulation to save the 76ers from elimination and eventually propel them to a 112-106 overtime win in Game 5 of their first-round series.
vowed to make up for his turnover and missed shot in the closing moments that helped cost his team that game.
"What was going through my mind was trying to survive," said Maxey, who had 46 points in 52 minutes."Our season is on the line. I trust my work. I trust what I've done all my life, and I just tried to get to a spot, raise up and knock that shot down." "Just a tough way to lose a ballgame," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said."We had a lead. We've got to play tougher with the lead. We fouled in a situation that we didn't want to foul in, and then Maxey makes a big shot.Just like it was for the 76ers in Game 2, for 47 minutes and 30 seconds, it seemed like the Knicks had done more than enough to close this series out, and advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
And while Brunson scored all nine points for New York in overtime, finishing with 40 points on 15-for-32 shooting in just under 51 minutes, it was the combination of Maxey and Embiid - who, despite finishing with the first triple-double of his playoff career was unhappy with his personal performance, made three big defensive plays in the final 90 seconds of overtime to close things out.
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