Game Thread (NBA Cup) – Celtics @ Sixers – 7:00PM, Fri, Oct. 31, 2025

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Victory Count, 2025-26
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Victory Cigar

(1) Josh Minott
(1) Jaylen Brown






(1) Anfernee Simons
(1) Josh Minott



Ties go to the Team. – Cut-off Time, is when the next Game Thread is made.
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[playa-hater]

If Hugo doesn't get a good increase in minutes against The Sixers' high Octane Guards then when??

[keevsnick1]

Celtics have a chance to hand the undefeated sixers their first loss. The sixers wins are by 1, 4, 12, and 5 points so this team is beatable.

[jmr07019]

3-3 would be a pretty good result for October considering schedule and how many new pieces there are / players in a new role. Can Minott keep it up? Can he slow down Edgecomb?

[jmr07019]

Maxey has been a revelation, leading the league in scoring and marking the culmination of all the different roles he’s been in across his five years with the team. His pull-up game has never looked better. The touch on his floater is downright supernatural. And even though he has more on his plate offensively than ever, he’s more than happy to fall back into his role as the back-cutting beneficiary of an Embiid two-man game. Where his speed used to be expressed with a sort of flowing, tai chi–esque grace, there is a whole lot more punch this season. He spent the summer working on initiating and finishing through contact, and that extra physical edge has permeated through the rest of his skill set. He’s scored 150 points across his first four games, which puts him in commune with the greatest Sixers of all time: Only Wilt Chamberlain, Allen Iverson, and Embiid have had more prolific four-game stretches in Philly.

That Edgecombe already looks like a potent release valve from deep isn’t a shock—he was an excellent spot-up shooter with his feet set at Baylor—but it was the occasional self-creation flashes in college that seemed like his portal to stardom. Those flashes have transitioned seamlessly into the NBA. One of the common hurdles for an athlete of Edgecombe’s caliber is synchronizing body and mind. Thus far, the 20-year-old hasn’t looked as sped up as he did at times at Baylor; his fluidity and patience have been surprising. Those early signs of self-possession have given the Sixers a green light to explore his talents in high pick-and-rolls, even with Maxey on the floor alongside him.

The vibes are better in Philly than anyone could have foreseen, even if there are some legitimate concerns amid the team’s undefeated streak. For starters, maybe don’t fall behind by double digits to the Hornets and Wizards in the fourth quarter. There’s also the question of how much the team is relying on its starting backcourt early in the season. Maxey’s averaging a league-high 43 minutes per game, which would be the highest single-season average since Monta Ellis’s 40.3 minutes per game in 2010-11 (coincidentally, Edgecombe is averaging 40.3 minutes per game through four games). With Tom Thibodeau out of the league, Nick Nurse has taken the mantle as the coach most likely to grind his players into dust.

https://www.theringer.com/2025/10/30/nba/tyrese-maxey-vj-edgecombe-phiadelphia-76ers-nba-surprises

[Celts17Pride]

Trick or Treat on Friday in Philadelphia?

[ThePigeon]

Hugo time
Baylor also did a good job on Mitchell yesterday

And keep Minott in the starting lineup

[Parliament10]

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3-3 would be a pretty good result for October considering schedule and how many new pieces there are / players in a new role.

Not a good result for our lottery odds

[brackdan70]

Trick or Treat on Friday in Philadelphia?

Why not both?

[brackdan70]

3-3 would be a pretty good result for October considering schedule and how many new pieces there are / players in a new role.

Not a good result for our lottery odds

Right!!! I went from scouting Chris Cenac Jr. to wondering if Patrick Ngongba is an NBA player in a matter of two days. A win here and I’m looking to trade the pick lol.

[tfribs45]

D White and JB should be on their guards tonight, maybe sprinkle in a little PP and Hugo as well...... No way they should go for 70+ pts combined, hopefully the C's serve some humble pie tonight!

[Celts17Pride]

D White and JB should be on their guards tonight, maybe sprinkle in a little PP and Hugo as well...... No way they should go for 70+ pts combined, hopefully the C's serve some humble pie tonight!

It's really DWhite and Pritchard. JB was guarding Embiid. Wonder if Mazzulla will have JB guarding Embiid again.

[tfribs45]

D White and JB should be on their guards tonight, maybe sprinkle in a little PP and Hugo as well...... No way they should go for 70+ pts combined, hopefully the C's serve some humble pie tonight!

It's really DWhite and Pritchard. JB was guarding Embiid. Wonder if Mazzulla will have JB guarding Embiid again.

yeah but JB has the athleticism and length to keep up with Maxey, dude went off. Let Queta/Tillman handle lazy man Embiid

[Celts17Pride]

D White and JB should be on their guards tonight, maybe sprinkle in a little PP and Hugo as well...... No way they should go for 70+ pts combined, hopefully the C's serve some humble pie tonight!

It's really DWhite and Pritchard. JB was guarding Embiid. Wonder if Mazzulla will have JB guarding Embiid again.

yeah but JB has the athleticism and length to keep up with Maxey, dude went off. Let Queta/Tillman handle lazy man Embiid

Don't disagree, just stating that Mazzulla had JB on Embiid last game.

[Parliament10]

D White and JB should be on their guards tonight, maybe sprinkle in a little PP and Hugo as well...... No way they should go for 70+ pts combined, hopefully the C's serve some humble pie tonight!

It's really DWhite and Pritchard. JB was guarding Embiid. Wonder if Mazzulla will have JB guarding Embiid again.

yeah but JB has the athleticism and length to keep up with Maxey, dude went off. Let Queta/Tillman handle lazy man Embiid

Minott and González and whomever can stick with Maxey should guard him, in tandem.

[Hal14]

3-3 would be a pretty good result for October considering schedule and how many new pieces there are / players in a new role.

Not a good result for our lottery odds

Right!!! I went from scouting Chris Cenac Jr. to wondering if Patrick Ngongba is an NBA player in a matter of two days. A win here and I’m looking to trade the pick lol.

Not to stray off topic but I actually have Ngongba ranked higher on my board than Cenac.

Think Cenac has good upside but think he is more of a longer term guy..don't really see him as being developed enough to be worth a top 20 pick in 2026. He's pretty raw on both ends of the floor..at this point is high upside but very low floor which scares me a bit..

Think the shooting is more of a theoretical thing at this point for Cenac than something you can bank on him being able to do at the NBA level.

[tfribs45]

It's really DWhite and Pritchard. JB was guarding Embiid. Wonder if Mazzulla will have JB guarding Embiid again.

yeah but JB has the athleticism and length to keep up with Maxey, dude went off. Let Queta/Tillman handle lazy man Embiid

Minott and González and whomever can stick with Maxey should guard him, in tandem.

forgot about Minott. def a tall task , you might be onto something. Lets see what Joey has up his sleeves lol

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