The game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics will take place at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday, April 4 at 8:00 PM ET.
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The Philadelphia 76ers will welcome the Boston Celtics to the Wells Fargo Center for an NBA game on Tuesday. The Philadelphia 76ers lost 117-104 in their last game over the Bucks. Tyrese Maxey had 29 points to lead the 76ers. Embiid had 28. “I thought they just kicked our butt,” 76ers coach Doc Rivers. “They were more aggressive, they were prepared. They beat us all the way around.”
The Bucks bounced back three nights after a 140-99 home loss to Boston that matched their most-lopsided defeat of the season. “Hot shooting to start the game,” Embiid said. “They jumped on us and we didn’t have any answers.” The 76ers got within four in the third quarter, but the Bucks soon regained a double-digit advantage and broke the game open by going on a 16-2 run that began late in the third and carried over to the final period.
76ers: Georges Niang went scoreless and missed his only two shots, both from 3-point range. Niang had gone a combined 9 of 14 from 3-point range in Philadelphia’s last two matchups with the Bucks, which both resulted in victories for the 76ers. … James Harden was held to 11 points after flirting with a triple-double in a 133-130 victory at Milwaukee on March 4. Harden had 38 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in the March 4 game.
The Boston Celtics on the other hand won 122-114 against the Jazz in their last game. The collective sentiment among the Celtics following their 41-point win at Eastern Conference-leading Milwaukee was it would be meaningless if they lost Friday’s follow-up at home against Utah. Despite some unexpected hiccups just getting home, Boston successfully avoided a letdown.
Jayson Tatum had 39 points and 11 assists and the Celtics pushed past the Jazz 122-114 to continue to gain ground in the race for the East’s top playoff seed. Boston had its normal travel routine altered following Thursday’s win at Milwaukee when an issue pushed its return flight back from postgame to early Friday afternoon. The Celtics landed six hours before the game. “We kind of looked at it as a challenge,” Tatum said. “It was fun figuring it out regardless of how the last 24 hours was. It was rewarding. … And it kind of brought us closer together.” Malcolm Brogdon added 19 points and Derrick White finished with 17. Boston had 17 3-pointers, including five by Tatum.
The Celtics (54-24) are 1 1/2 games behind Milwaukee (55-22) and were coming off a 41-point win over the Bucks. Milwaukee is off until Sunday, when it hosts the 76ers. The Celtics have four games remaining. “I trusted our guys,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “I knew we were going to be really competitive. And I knew we were going to put ourselves in position to win the game. I could just sense it from our guys.”
Philadelphia 76ers: Tobias Harris, P. J. Tucker, Joel Embiid,, Tyrese Maxey, James Harden
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Blake Griffin, Derrick White, Marcus Smart
Philadelphia 76ers: None
Boston Celtics: Robert Williams III, Jaylen Brown, Danilo Gallinari
The game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics will take place at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday, April 4 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics will be telecast live on TNT.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | TNT. | April 4 (8:00 PM ET) |
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