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Knicks’ Playoff Hopes Hang By A Thread As Club Begins 7-Game Road Trip

Moke Hamilton looks at the difference a year has made for the Knicks, and what the team needs to pull off to reach the Play-In.

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60 years later, Chamberlain’s 100-point game still leaving coaches and players awestruck

PHILADELPHIA — Doc Rivers was 140 days old at the time. His players were multiple decades away from being conceived.

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Marcus Hayes: Tyrese Maxey would’ve started even if Ben Simmons had played for the Sixers, Doc Rivers says

PHILADELPHIA — Doc Rivers knew he had something special in rookie guard Tyrese Maxey. He just didn’t know how special, but he knew he didn’t want to lose Maxey in a trade.

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Marcus Hayes: Ben Simmons never could handle not being the Sixers’ top dog

PHILADELPHIA — It wasn’t mental health. And it wasn’t mean words. At least, not totally.

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Marcus Hayes: With James Harden, Sixers owner Josh Harris takes another big swing after 10 years of misses

PHILADELPHIA — He coiled his trim and wiry 57-year-old body, then uncoiled in a baseball swing. His right hand described the arc of an imaginary dinger.

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Mike Sielski: James Harden chose the Sixers. He has no choice but to give them his best.

PHILADELPHIA — The most telling moment of James Harden’s introductory press conference with the 76ers came less than a minute in, with Josh Harris – the franchise’s principal owner – laying bare the power dynamic that defines the modern NBA and that will define Harden’s tenure with the team, however…

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James Harden won’t participate in All-Star Game

Kyle Neubeck: James Harden is out through All-Star break (rehabilitation, left hamstring). In the interim, he will continue his treatment and on-court training. Harden will not participate in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game and an update on his playing ...

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Joel Embiid’s triple-double powers Sixers to 103-93 victory vs. Cavaliers

PHILADELPHIA — This is far from the time to wait for a prime trade acquisition to play. But the 76ers are making due thanks to large part to Joel Embiid.

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Doc Rivers was so mad at this failed dunk attempt from Paul Reed and it was hilarious

Doc Rivers was so mad at Paul Reed and it's absolutely hilarious.

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Mike Sielski: The James Harden trade takes pressure off Daryl Morey … and places it on Doc Rivers

PHILADELPHIA — Over the first nine of his 16 tumultuous months as Ben Simmons’ head coach, Doc Rivers did all he could do to turn on the charm and coax greatness from a lost and fragile soul.

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Sixers acquire James Harden in a deadline-day trade that ends Ben Simmons saga

PHILADELPHIA — The Ben Simmons Saga is finally over.

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The Sixers are unlikely to trade Ben Simmons before June's NBA draft despite James Harden chatter, sources say

CHICAGO — If you're keeping track of the NBA's top stories, where Ben Simmons ends up around 3:05 p.m. Thursday is the league's hottest topic.

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Shaquile O’Neal: ‘Ben Simmons DM’d me, he said some things and I said some things back’

In the rant on TNT's Inside the NBA, Shaq wouldn't call Simmons by name, describing him as "soft" and a "crybaby" who can't take criticism. It turned out that Simmons took notice of the segment because he reached out to Shaq. In the latest edition ...

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Sixers suffer late loss to Washington Wizards despite 27 from Joel Embiid, 22 from Tyrese Maxey

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid planted one foot, then the other, for his textbook Euro step toward the basket with the 76ers trailing by two points. But he could not power the ball to the rim, much to the dismay of a coach Doc Rivers, who clearly believed his All-Star big…

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Doc Rivers on Ben Simmons’ situation: ‘It’s all posturing’

"It's all posturing. That's why you haven't heard me - I don't get involved in all that stuff. I'll leave that up to the front office and Ben's camp. I'm staying out of that part. But, listen, some of this stuff I laugh at and I feel bad. I think…

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Ben Simmons has lost over $19 million in fines this season

Simmons has lost over $19 million in fines since the season began (each missed game costs him $360,000). He hasn't cleared a paycheck since the $8.25 million (25% of his $33 million salary) that was due to him Oct. 1. Every two weeks the team sends ...

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Sixers rally, then survive to beat Kings, 103-101

PHILADELPHIA — The Sixers gathered for one final timeout, because nothing would come easy on this night.

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Joel Embiid scores 38 and Sixers hang on to beat the Spurs on the road, 115-109

Joel Embiid finished with 38 points,12 rebounds and six assists. It was his 12th consecutive road game with 30 or more.

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The Sixers choked to the George/Leonard-less Clippers, and Doc Rivers has no answers

Rivers better have an answer to the Sixers' latest confounding defeat.

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Joel Embiid nets 50 points in Sixers’ 123-110 victory over Magic

PHILADELPHIA — With the NBA trade deadline three weeks away, Doc Rivers was asked Wednesday what the 76ers need to acquire to ensure a deep postseason run.

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Doc Rivers on Ben Simmons trade talks: I stay out of it

Tom Moore: #Sixers coach Doc Rivers: 'I trust what we're doing (with Ben Simmons). For the most part, I stay out of it.' Source: Twitter @TomMoorePhilly What's the buzz on Twitter? Tom Moore @ TomMoorePhilly #Sixers coach Doc Rivers: 'You need ...

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Sixers can’t overcome sluggish start in 117-98 loss against the Washington Wizards

WASHINGTON — The Monday afternoon energy inside Capital One Arena was as chilly as the winter storm that hit the District the night before, until Kyle Kuzma took the ball at the top of the key, drove the lane and threw down a one-handed dunk on Joel Embiid to briefly…

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‘We Have a Lot More to Do’: Inside the NBA’s Unprecedented Social Justice Coalition

The league’s newly formed organization has endured disappointment in its first year but remains committed to the fight against racial inequality.

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