{"id":122739,"date":"2026-02-25T04:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122739\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:24:08","slug":"maxey-embiid-lead-76ers-to-135-114-rout-of-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/122739\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxey, Embiid lead 76ers to 135-114 rout of Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"

INDIANAPOLIS — – Joel Embiid<\/a> had 27 points in his return to the lineup after missing five games with right shin soreness and right knee injury management, Tyrese Maxey<\/a> scored 32 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> beat the Indiana Pacers<\/a> 135-114 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Embiid scored 20 points in the first half, sinking 11 of 17 shots in 26 minutes. VJ Edgecombe<\/a> chipped in with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting for the 76ers, who shot 58%.<\/p>\n

Andrew Nembhard<\/a> and Micah Potter<\/a> each scored 23 for the Pacers, with Potter’s total a career high. Quenton Jackson<\/a> had 15 points and rookie Kam Jones<\/a> added a career-high 13 points.<\/p>\n

Pacers leading scorer Pascal Siakam<\/a> was out with a left wrist sprain. The Pacers also were without Aaron Nesmith<\/a>, who missed his third consecutive game with right ankle sprain.<\/p>\n

Indiana shot 42% from the field and committed 16 turnovers. Philadelphia held a 44-41 rebounding edge with Maxey leading the way with nine rebounds. Jarace Walker<\/a> had 10 rebounds for the Pacers.<\/p>\n

The 76ers showed their dominance inside with a 82-52 edge in points in the paint.<\/p>\n

The Pacers led 38-30 after the first quarter, but the 76ers answered with a 17-0 spurt to open the second quarter and take a 47-38 lead. Philadelphia shot 64% to take a 75-65 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n

Maxey scored 13 points in the third quarter as the 76ers took complete control, expanding the lead to 106-85 after three quarters.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia led by 28 points in the fourth quarter before emptying the bench.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

76ers: Host Miami on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Pacers: Host Charlotte on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a>br\/]<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS — – Joel Embiid had 27 points in his return to the lineup after missing five games…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57705,1421,44452,4794,69,1002,71,70],"class_list":["post-122739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-57705","tag-espn","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}