On November 4, 2025, Tyrese Maxey officially turned the big 2-5, celebrating the final year when he can be on his parents' insurance plan by leading his white hot Philadelphia 76ers against the Chicago Bulls in the pursuit of win No. 6 of the 2025-26 NBA season.

On paper, the results were pretty good for the surprise MVP candidate, putting up a point a minute, Joel Embiid-style, against a Bulls team without Colby White and Ayo Dosunmu on the way to what looked like a blowout victory.

But as the 76ers took their foot off the gas, Maxey and company saw their offense fall apart in a major way, with Philadelphia barely putting up a bucket down the stretch to get to a 111-110 lead with just 14 seconds left to play, Chicago ball. Nikola Vucavic nailed an open 3 with just over three sec

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