Maxey's superstar turn continued in epic fashion. He may not be old enough to have watched Reggie Miller live. But this was close to its equal.
Maxey's superstar turn continued in epic fashion. He may not be old enough to have watched Reggie Miller live. But this was close to its equal.
At the moment, though, the season lives on. It lives on because the Sixers had easy access to a defibrillator: a burgeoning superstar named Tyrese Maxey. The Sixers had their moments. Moment 1: Jump out to a big lead. Moment 2: hit a wall, watch the Knicks slowly climb back to a dominant position.played one of the worst offensive games of his postseason career, his nine turnovers almost single-handedly undermining the Sixers’ best efforts. As a team, they shot just 8-of-27 from three-point range, outside of Maxey.“I knew we had to get some threes up,” said the star of the show. “I just tried to get to a spot and raise and shoot.
“Thankfully he jumped,” Maxey said of his defender. “I didn’t get my feet set right away to shoot it. I was able to just lean in and make a shot.” Even now, we can’t reasonably believe that Game 5 was anything more than a spasm from a team on the verge of rigor mortis. Grandpa may have sat up in his casket, sweetie, but this is still a funeral.
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