Item 1 of 81 Jan 1, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Vj Edgecombe (77) warms up before the game against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images
January 2 – Tyrese Maxey scored 34 points against his hometown team, lifting the Philadelphia 76ers to a 123-108 road win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday.
Maxey added 10 assists while receiving plenty of support from VJ Edgecombe (23 points), Joel Embiid (22) and Quentin Grimes (19). Grimes was 5-of-7 from 3-point range, while Maxey hit four 3-pointers and Edgecombe knocked down half of his six attempts from beyond the arc.
Max Christie led the Mavericks with 18 points. Brandon Williams chipped in with 14 points for Dallas, while Anthony Davis added 13 points and eight boards in the team’s fourth straight defeat.
Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg shot just 5-of-15 and finished with 12 points.
Dallas shot 65.2% en route to a 33-27 lead after one quarter.
Klay Thompson scored the first bucket of the second quarter, but Philadelphia responded with a 17-2 burst to take control.
Embiid had a three-point play early in the surge before Grimes and Maxey nailed 3-pointers on consecutive possessions. Paul George scored the final four points of the run as the Sixers went ahead 44-37.
Philadelphia expanded its lead a bit and went on to carry a 68-57 lead into the locker room. Maxey led all scorers with 16 points in the first half.
The Sixers led by double figures for much of the third quarter. Even when the Mavericks got their deficit under 10, the visitors — typically Maxey — had an immediate answer.
Philadelphia led 92-83 going into the fourth, but a quick 7-2 run brought the hosts within 94-90 with 11:01 to play. The margin was still four with about nine minutes to play before a 9-2 Sixers burst — highlighted by Grimes’ 3-pointer — gave Philadelphia a 107-96 lead.
With just under three minutes to go, Davis’ dunk brought Dallas within 115-108. However, that was as close as the Mavericks got, as Grimes’ 3-pointer, Maxey’s jumper and Edgecombe’s triple put a trio of exclamation points on the Sixers’ victory.
–Field Level Media
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