continued to impress off the boards<\/a>. He tallied six rebounds in the first half, four of which came from the offensive glass. His positioning and motor yielded him multiple put-back buckets. The 76ers\u2019 power forward spot has been in desperate need of size and rebounding for years and Barlow has fit the bill so far.<\/p>\nTyrese Maxey erupted for 17 points in the opening frame. He shredded defenders off the dribble with shifty penetration and easily got to his spots. Maxey has operated with the shiniest of green lights in these exhibitions, which has helped him shake off any rust the offseason may have supplied.<\/p>\n
Second quarter<\/p>\n
With Philadelphia being so depleted, someone besides Maxey needed to shoulder the scoring load. Kelly Oubre Jr. volunteered and notched 12 points, five rebounds, two assists, and two steals. He caused chaos in the best of ways with immense rim pressure and forced turnovers. Oubre even splashed a spot-up corner three.<\/p>\n
Goga Bitadze feasted on Philadelphia\u2019s front-court \u2013 recording nine points and four rebounds in his first 10 minutes of action. Given the 76ers\u2019 questionable size at the five, traditional big-body centers like Bitadze could prove to be trouble in non-Embiid minutes this season.<\/p>\n
After playing the entire first quarter, Maxey\u2019s night was over. Kennedy Chandler inherited some of the ball-handling duties and made the most of it. He called his own number, but not all of it was pretty. Chandler relentlessly sought the rim and forced turnovers, playing with a high motor on both ends. He finished with 16 points, five assists, and four steals.<\/p>\n
Second half<\/p>\n
While Justin Edwards shot 2-8 from the field and 1-4 from three, he had one of his better performances in recent memory. The Philadelphia native did little things such as keeping the ball moving and making impact plays defensively off the ball. Edwards will be at his best when playing alongside the gravity of the 76ers\u2019 big three.<\/p>\n
Emoni Bates made his preseason debut with zero points on 0-2 shooting from downtown. He didn\u2019t have any notable plays on either end of the floor and likely didn\u2019t earn himself a larger role in Philadelphia\u2019s next exhibition.<\/p>\n
Andre Drummond tallied his second three-pointer of the game in the third quarter. He finished the night shooting 2-2 from beyond the arc, finding success from the weak-side corners. This is a fun development that fans should take with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n
Bona didn\u2019t play much in the second half, which paved the way for Nurse to experiment with his center rotation. Johni Broome had productive minutes<\/a>, which were headlined by quality post scoring and activity at the rim. Jabari Walker continued to showcase his connective passing and strong driving abilities, but appeared slow-footed defending one-on-one.<\/p>\nPhiladelphia will close out the preseason by hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 17th at 7 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the first quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers\u2019 exhibition against the Orlando Magic, it seemed as if their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-204760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}