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The Philadelphia 76ers have lost three straight due to an ill-timed rash of injuries and, in the case of Thursday night’s loss to Milwaukee, some very tired legs. Given the condensed back half of the NBA’s schedule, a string of losses was basically inevitable. That said, the Sixers have unearthed some positives from this brutal stretch. Chief among them, Tyrese Maxey.
After a brief flurry to start the season, Tyrese Maxey was relegated to an end-of-bench, clean-up-duty role typical of most rookies on championship-contending teams.