LOS ANGELES – Tyrese Maxey said playing "extremely hard defensively" helped him lock in offensively as he scored 10 of his 45 points in overtime to carry the Philadelphia 76ers to their first victory of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season, a 118-114 triumph over the Indiana Pacers, on Oct 27.
Philadelphia had struggled in their first two games, with former NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Joel Embiid sidelined by injury and newly acquired nine-time All-Star Paul George's debut delayed by a knee injury.
But Maxey made sure they got into the win column, shrugging off early shooting struggles to come through when it mattered.
He made just two of six shots in the first half and missed his first seven attempts in the third quarter before finding his touch and drilling a 10-foot jump shot with 2.3 seconds left in the period to give Philadelphia a 79-78 lead.
The guard scored 14 points in a fourth quarter that featured 10 lead changes.
It went to overtime when Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton drained a three-pointer to tie it at 105-105 with 3.5sec left and Maxey was off target from behind the arc at the buzzer.
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