The Cleveland Cavaliers became the sixth team in NBA history to start a season 13-0 following a 114-106 win against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night, Afrosport reports. Donovan Mitchell, the star of the show, was one assist shy of a triple-double, finishing with 23 points, 13 rebounds, and nine assists. He scored 11 of his 23 points in the final three...
Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey is heading for some time on the sidelines having picked up a right hamstring injury that will keep him out for a “couple of weeks", Afrosport reports. The Sixers confirmed on Thursday that the 24-year-old has sustained a hamstring strain and will be reevaluated in one week. Maxey suffered the injury on Wednesday night, during Philadelphia’s 110-98 loss to the Los...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has suspended Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid for three games for pushing a journalist, Afrosport reports. The Olympic gold medallist and 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player has been sanctioned for shoving a "member of the media" after a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist wrote an article criticising his fitness and professionalism while also mentioning his son and late brother. The incident happened in...
The Phoenix Suns recorded their fifth straight win this season after beating the Philadelphia 76ers 118-116 at Footprint Center on Monday night, Afrosport reports. NEVER QUIT.#SunsUp pic.twitter.com/dStU41SJl2 — Phoenix Suns (@Suns) November 5, 2024 Kevin Durant led all scorers with 35 points, Bradley Beal added 17 and Jusuf Nurkic finished with a 15-point and 15-rebound double-double for the Suns, who also had Devin Booker and Grayson...
The Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday were fined $100,000 by the NBA for tor the franchises public statement on the health status of center Joel Embiid, Afrosport reports. The league confirmed that Embiid is dealing with a “left knee condition” that is currently preventing him from playing but comments from Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and head coach Nick Nurse were inconsistent with the nature...
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