{"id":312834,"date":"2026-10-23T18:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312834\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:18:11","slug":"philadelphia-76ers-coach-speaks-out-about-lebron-james-home-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312834\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers’ coach speaks out about LeBron James’ home debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA superstar LeBron James<\/a> made his regular season home debut as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> Thursday night.<\/p>\n

At home in Philadelphia, James and the 76ers rallied from behind to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, James’ hometown team which he played on for 11 seasons.<\/p>\n

James had 17 points as his team came back from a 29-point deficit to beat the Cavaliers 114-106.<\/p>\n

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LeBron James #23 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts during the fourth quarter of a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106 at Xfinity Mobile Arena on October 22, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Ahead of the game, 76ers head coach Nick Nurse told “Good Morning America<\/a>” he expected the home court advantage in Philadelphia to be huge.<\/p>\n

“[I’m] expecting a lot of energy, first of all from, you know, the city and the arena, the fans being there,” Nurse said. “And I would imagine our guys are going to be excited to play in front of our home fans.”<\/p>\n

“Hopefully we’ll come out with the same energy and focus that we showed in game one,” Nurse added, referencing the 76ers’ victory<\/a> Tuesday night over the New York Knicks in their 2026 regular season debut.<\/p>\n

In that game, which was played at Madison Square Garden, James scored 14 points in 34 minutes of play in the 76ers’ 106-100 victory over the Knicks, the defending NBA champions.<\/p>\n

Since joining the 76ers this season after eight seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, James has “set the tone” for the team, according to Nurse.<\/p>\n

“He’s a true pro,” he said of James, a four-time NBA champion and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.<\/p>\n

“He’s first guy at the gym, a lot of times,” Nurse added. “For a player that great to kind of set that tone just by example gives your building and locker room a lot of pop.”<\/p>\n

James announced<\/a> in July that he would join the 76ers for his 24th NBA season, signing a two-year deal.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Lakers and the Cavaliers, James also previously played for the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA superstar LeBron James made his regular season home debut as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18831,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-312834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-lebron-james","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312834","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=312834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}