The Latest Breaking News from Shake Milton

PHILADLEPHIA — Joel Embiid waved his index finger, Dikembe Mutombo style, as Patrick Beverley fired a desperation jumper after the shot-clock buzzer sounded.

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

ORLANDO — The 76ers headed back to Philadelphia on a high note Sunday night.

ORLANDO, Fla. — For the 76ers, it was the equivalent of chopping down a towering tree.

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 — 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.

CHICAGO — This was a somewhat ugly outing for the 76ers.

PHILADELPHIA — A familiar but forgotten face provided one of the more thought-provoking moments to come out of the Sixers’ annual pre-training camp media day on Monday. Somebody asked Shake Milton whether he had a good feel for what his role was going to be this season, and the fifth-year…

PHILADELPHIA — I’ve long been of the belief that any team built around Joel Embiid is a team that needs a Plan B. Last year, the Sixers did not have one, and they ended up paying a heavy price. With Embiid sidelined for the first two games of their Eastern…

PHILADELPHIA — It’s been more than a month since 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and coach Doc Rivers sat together inside the team’s training complex in Camden to publicly express their disappointment about another second-round playoff exit — and to re-emphasize their commitment to building a contender that…