Welcome to the first edition of of the 2025-26 Sixers regular season. You should be able to guess the focuses of this one.

On Wednesday night the Sixers traveled to Boston, withstood a nightmarish 20-minute showing from Joel Embiid and a dreadful third quarter, completed a comeback and beat the Celtics, 117-116 , on the backs of historic showings from Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe.

No game is more instructive during an NBA season than the very first one, when rotations and schematic changes are finally on full display with no subtlety. For the Sixers, a reliance on increased pace was evident, as was a focus on activity around the rim; the team has sorely lacked production in both of those respects for years.

From Edgecombe and Maxey's dazzling games to Embiid's struggles and everythi

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