{"id":25932,"date":"2025-11-02T16:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/25932\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T16:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:21:09","slug":"brooklyn-nets-vs-philadelphia-76ers-preview-sunday-night-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/25932\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers preview: Sunday night hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PHILADELPHIA,<\/a><\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 27: Tyrese Maxey #0 of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates with VJ Edgecombe #77 against the Orlando Magic in the second half at Xfinity Mobile Arena on October 27, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Magic 136-124. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Still waiting on that W. The Brooklyn Nets began their three game homestand with a showdown against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. Brooklyn fought, but once again fell short<\/a> as the Hawks proved to be too much. Brooklyn is 0-5 on the season.<\/p>\n

The opponent tonight has gotten off to a darn good start. The Philadelphia 76ers went on a mad dash in the second half, but it wasn\u2019t enough as the Boston Celtics held on<\/a> to win by one point. That was Philadelphia\u2019s first loss of the season, which doubles as their first loss in NBA Cup play.<\/p>\n

YES Network on TV. Gotham Sports on streaming. Tip after 6:00 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

No Haywood Highsmith or Danny Wolf.<\/p>\n

No Paul George, Jared McCain, Dominick Barlow, or Joel Embiid who the 76ers want to have two days rest between games.<\/p>\n

This is the first night of a back-to-back for the Nets. They host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Nets started to have Nic Claxton switch more on defense, and the defenders behind him will need to be in sync behind him while he\u2019s out on the perimeter. Brooklyn\u2019s defense has sprung many a leak <\/a>this year and if they want to get a win any time soon, they\u2019ll need to correct that in a hurry. His job will be a bit easier as he won\u2019t have to face his old nemesis Embiid, but the Nets defense can\u2019t afford to think they\u2019ve got an easy night at the office.<\/p>\n

The biggest reason why is waiting for them in the Philadelphia backcourt. Tyrese Maxey will make them pay for it. Maxey is averaging 35 points a game during the first stretch of the season and he\u2019s been scoring from everywhere imaginable. He\u2019s possibly the fastest player in the NBA and his first step is absolutely electric. Maxey has fully stepped into the role as franchise player, and it\u2019s a role that suits him well! For the Nets, they have to do everything they can to keep him out of the paint.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn needs better from Noah Clowney. A lot was expected <\/a>of him coming in to the season, but it hasn\u2019t connected yet. Jordi Fernandez spoke about his struggles <\/a>at practice on Friday and is pushing to be better, especially on the defensive end. The kids on this team have a lot on their shoulders, but they\u2019re going to have to meet the challenge. If they don\u2019t, this Nets situation will get a LOT darker.<\/p>\n

Player to watch: VJ Edgecombe<\/p>\n

Nothing energizes a fanbase more than a good rookie. The 76ers had a miserable 2024-2025 season, but it was all worth it now that Edgecombe is on the team. He endeared himself to the Philly faithful even more with this sequence on Friday night<\/p>\n

Good defense does it every time! Edgecombe has been filling up the stat sheet thus far and gives the 76ers another downhill threat and a great finisher at the rim. Edgecombe\u2019s early excellence has made the Sixers\u2019 future a lot more exciting than we thought it was last February.<\/p>\n

Cam Thomas will look to do some more tonight. Brooklyn needs CT to score efficiently and make the right play when facing traps and double teams. Thomas didn\u2019t do a great job of either against the Hawks and with the Nets offense needing to hit all of its cues to succeed, more is required of Thomas. It\u2019s a challenge he\u2019ll have to consistently meet every game if he wants to reach the level of stardom he aspires to.<\/p>\n

Game 7 of the World Series was last night, and the Dodgers pulled off a miraculous comeback in the 9th to win it in extra innings. It had been six years between Game sevens, so let\u2019s take it back to 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 27: Tyrese Maxey #0 of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates with VJ Edgecombe #77 against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,1766,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-25932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-nets-game-previews","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}