{"id":366600,"date":"2026-03-30T23:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/366600\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:26:10","slug":"maxeys-76ers-face-bams-heat-on-peacock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/366600\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxey’s 76ers face Bam’s Heat on Peacock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tyrese Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers take on Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat to open our Peacock triple-header.<\/p>\n

Check out the best of Monday\u2019s eight-game slate<\/a> with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights.<\/p>\n

What we know about Monday night\u2019s games:<\/p>\n

Our Peacock triple-header includes 76ers-Heat (7 ET<\/a>), Bulls-Spurs (8 ET<\/a>) and Pistons-Thunder (9:30 ET<\/a>).
\nThe Pistons-Thunder matchup is just the 6th time in the last 20 years that 1st-place teams will face each other after 70+ games.
\nThe Hawks host the Celtics for their second contest in six days (7:30 ET<\/a>), after Boston defeated Atlanta 109-102 on Friday.<\/p>\n

MARCH 30, 2026 \/ 5:45 ET<\/p>\n

The Sixers\u2019 stars are healthy again<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t look now, but Philadelphia has Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George ready to go for a Playoff run.<\/p>\n

Watch the balance down the stretch in the Sixers\u2019 118-114 win over the Hornets<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Joel Embiid serves as the backbone of the defense, including swatting LaMelo Ball\u2019s game-tying 3-point attempt in the final seconds. Paul George gets clutch buckets, including a curling 3-pointer in the corner with 1:04 to go to give Philly the lead for good. Maxey orchestrates the offense and draws the free throws that ice the win.<\/p>\n

Add in VJ Edgecombe, who defended Ball during this stretch, and Kelly Oubre Jr. \u2014 along with fellow versatile wings Quentin Grimes and Justin Edwards \u2014 and you have a deep, talented team with elite potential.<\/p>\n

The lineup that closed Saturday\u2019s win has played 90 minutes together over six minutes this season, putting up a +6.3 net rating, which would be tied for fifth in the NBA.<\/p>\n

As they gel \u2014 and potentially find spots for Edgecombe to add some flair and athleticism as a counterpunch \u2014 this group could make the 76ers title contenders.<\/p>\n

MARCH 30, 2026 \/ 5:15 ET<\/p>\n

Welcome to an eight-game night in the Association!
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The East-leading Pistons take on the West-leading Thunder on Peacock.<\/p>\n

Our slate tonight is highlighted by a Peacock triple-header, capped by a showdown between the East-leading Detroit Pistons and West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder (9:30 ET).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the complete slate:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyrese Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers take on Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat to open our Peacock…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[176660,176661,85,46,143472,53327,102929,176662,105,128764],"class_list":["post-366600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-76ers-heat","tag-bulls-spurs","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jayson-tatum","tag-luka-doncic","tag-nba-live-blog","tag-pistons-thunder","tag-sports","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}