They had to hang on for dear life, but the Sixers were able to secure a 120-116 win over the Mavericks in Dallas Sunday afternoon.
Without Joel Embiid, the Sixers will take any win they can get — especially against a healthy Mavericks team featuring Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. They faced plenty of adversity down the stretch of this one, but made enough winning plays to close it out.
Here are five takeaways about how they won and what it means going forward.
The hometown kid
Tyrese Maxey, returning to his hometown in Dallas, put on a show early Sunday.