This is the ninth Game 7 between these franchises, extending the record for most Game 7 matchups in NBA history, according to ESPN Research. The 76ers are 1-10 on the road in Game 7s in franchise history, their lone win coming in the 1982 Eastern Conference finals against the Celtics.<\/p>\n
After missing the first three games due to appendicitis surgery, Philadelphia star Joel Embiid<\/a> has found his way, averaging 26 points, eight rebounds and 7.3 assists per game. Tyrese Maxey<\/a> leads the 76ers with 26.3 points per game and has had 20 points and five assists in six straight games, the longest streak in franchise playoff history.<\/p>\n Celtics forward Jaylen Brown<\/a> is averaging a team-high 24.5 points, while Jayson Tatum<\/a> is adding 23.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. However, Boston is without Tatum, who was downgraded<\/a> to questionable due to left knee soreness before being ruled out. In March, he returned from a torn Achilles in his right leg and seemed to be regaining his full form. In Game 6, Tatum went to the locker room late in the third quarter due to a left leg injury and never returned to the game.<\/p>\n Who will take Game 7 and move on to the second round? Follow along for live updates and highlights throughout the night.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s time for the two best words in sports: Game 7. The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[81408,9512,1421,4794,69,1002,71,70],"class_list":["post-182446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-81408","tag-boston-celtics","tag-espn","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\/182446","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=182446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/_end_rule.png\"\/)
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