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CLEVELAND — Things have rarely been easy for the 76ers this season.

PHILADELPHIA — Loser energy is a difficult thing to overcome. One team had it. The other team had the opposite. Ben Simmons and two future Hall of Famers were on the first team. James Harden and Joel Embiid were not on the second. Somewhere within all of those facts is…

PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Maxey suffered a small fracture in his left foot during the 76ers’ win over the Milwaukee Bucks Friday night, the team announced Saturday afternoon. The team added he would be reevaluated in approximately two weeks, though a league source confirmed to The Philadelphia Inquirer that Maxey is…

After completing what was, both in its statistical measure and in the overall quality of his play, a performance as good or better than any in the 60-year history of the 76ers, Joel Embiid lounged at his locker in the Wells Fargo Center, his feet submerged in a bucket of…

LET TYRESE MAXEY BE A PLAYER-COACH.

PHILADELPHIA — Remember when, in seasons past, the 76ers had a tough time remaining healthy?

ATLANTA — Dejounte Murray had nobody blocking his path to the basket. Yet the Hawks guard still opted for the highlight play, flipped the ball back to trailing teammate Onyeka Okungwu for the rim-rocking two-handed slam.

Joel Embiid got the ball from Tyrese Maxey at the top of the key, dribbled once to his left, and pulled up over Deandre Ayton.

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers did something they were unable to do in their previous six games against the Phoenix Suns: win.

Doc Rivers has perhaps the NBA’s toughest coaching job.

Dosunmu and Drummond finished the game Friday in San Antonio, but there was some collateral damage to come out of the hard-fought loss. The good news was both were only expected to be sidelined a few days.