{"id":129014,"date":"2026-03-04T04:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129014\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:13:09","slug":"observations-after-sixers-get-trounced-by-spurs-edgecombe-exits-early-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129014\/","title":{"rendered":"Observations after Sixers get trounced by Spurs, Edgecombe exits early\u00a0 \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sixers were thoroughly beaten by the Spurs on Tuesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n

San Antonio had very little trouble on its way to a true blowout win. The final score was 131-91. <\/p>\n

Tyrese Maxey was the Sixers’ top scorer with 21 points. <\/p>\n

The 44-17 Spurs’ standouts included Devin Vassell (22 points), Dylan Harper (22 points) and Stephon Castle (15 points, 10 assists). <\/p>\n

The 33-28 Sixers were down Joel Embiid (right oblique strain) <\/a>and Kelly Oubre Jr. (illness). VJ Edgecombe was ruled out for the second half because of lower back soreness; more on that below.<\/p>\n

The Sixers will host the Jazz on Wednesday night. Here are observations on their blowout loss to the Spurs: <\/p>\n

Different world with Wembanyama on the floor\u00a0<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama blocked Andre Drummond inside on the night\u2019s first possession.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Sixers were justifiably wary about challenging San Antonio\u2019s superstar center. He spooked a ton of ball handlers from venturing anywhere near the hoop and often looked on the verge of another block.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a stretch to say that Wembanyama is in own sphere as a rim protector. The NBA\u2019s blocks leader <\/a>swatted four shots in the first quarter and finished with six rejections in 24 minutes. <\/p>\n

The 7-foot-4 Wembanyama was a large reason why the Sixers started 0 for 9 from the field. San Antonio took a 9-0 lead on a De\u2019Aaron Fox three-pointer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No shortage of bench scoring\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Sixers slid Quentin Grimes into the starting lineup with Oubre out. Justin Edwards got his first rotation minutes since Feb. 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edwards sunk a corner three against the Spurs\u2019 zone defense. He then knocked down another catch-and-shoot jumper to cut the Sixers\u2019 deficit to 20-19. While Edwards\u2019 playing time has fluctuated throughout an uneven Year 2 in the NBA, he\u2019s been ready to hit jumpers as soon as he\u2019s subbed in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cameron Payne also made two three-pointers in his opening stint. The lefty guard had his best scoring game since signing with the Sixers in February, posting 10 points. <\/p>\n

Both benches provided plenty of first-half offense. Harper, the reigning Western Conference Rookie of the Month, made an immediate impact for the Spurs. The No. 2 overall pick and Rutgers product scored 11 points on 4-for-5 shooting in the first quarter. Fellow rookie Carter Bryant added five points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Spurs\u2019 starters blew the game open once they returned. San Antonio nailed a slew of threes during a lengthy run and led by as many as 27 points late in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

On the other end, Drummond tried four long-range jumpers and missed all of them. Dominick Barlow briefly moved up to center after Drummond committed his third foul.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edgecombe leaves early \u00a0<\/p>\n

Edgecombe fell hard to the floor after being fouled by Bryant on a three-point attempt with 0.2 seconds left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

He rose gingerly and held his back. Though the rookie stayed in to shoot his free throws (he made 2 of 3), the Sixers ruled Edgecombe out at halftime. Payne started the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The Sixers will obviously hope that Edgecombe\u2019s soreness subsides and he\u2019s good to go soon. Regardless, it\u2019s clear the Sixers are reliant on Edgecombe playing a major role. He entered the game averaging 35.4 minutes, which ranked sixth in the NBA and first among rookies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Spurs maintained a strong foot on the pedal to begin the third quarter and the Sixers\u2019 performance was not pretty. Seconds after Barlow air balled a three multiple feet long, Vassell drilled a pull-up jumper.<\/p>\n

Head coach Nick Nurse called timeout and several new Sixers checked in. Two-way contract players Tyrese Martin and Dalen Terry received extended garbage-time minutes. Jabari Walker was the team’s most productive player in the second half with 20 points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Sixers’ highest deficit was 49 points on a night they were inferior in just about every way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixers were thoroughly beaten by the Spurs on Tuesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. San Antonio had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,1002,71,70,10793,10794,12919,12920],"class_list":["post-129014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-sixers-analysis","tag-sixers-news","tag-sixers-observations","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129014","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=129014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}