Sixers Notes: Maxey, Oubre, Barlow, Edgecombe

Sixers collapse in second half, fall to shorthanded Pistons in NBA Cup play

The Sixers just handed a gift-wrapped win to the hottest team in basketball. Detroit came into Friday on an eight-game heater, missing half their roster, and still walked out with a 114-105 win over a Philly team that cannot stop tripping over its own feet. The Pistons rolled to their ninth straight win, improved to 11-2, and jumped to 2-0 in NBA Cup East Group B. The Sixers fell to 7-5 overall and 0-2 in Cup play. So yeah, the NBA Cup dream is …

Sixers Notes: Maxey, Oubre, Barlow, Edgecombe

Tyrese Maxey felt the Sixers lacked mental toughness against a depleted Pistons team on Friday. The Sixers led by 12 in the third quarter but fell apart down the stretch in a 114-105 loss. “You’ve got to be physical back,” Maxey told Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer. “You got to be extremely physical. You got to be mentally tougher than them. I don’t think we were mentally tough. Early on we did a good job, but once they were on a coupl…

Instant observations: Sixers collapse in second half, lose NBA Cup game to Pistons - PHLY Sports

The Sixers had their best third quarter of the season and still managed to lose control of the game to end it, ultimately falling 114-105 to the Detroit Pistons to kill any NBA Cup dreams. Here’s what I saw. When stats don’t tell the story This was a thoroughly mediocre Tyrese Maxey game that brought back a lot of memories from last season. He had an excellent closing stretch, and the final line looks more than passable, but I thought his manage…