Tyrese Maxey, Sixers react to being swept by Pistons in season series

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia 76ers fell short to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night 116-93 as they were swept by the No. 1 seed in the East in their 4-game season series. The Sixers had their chances to pick up wins over the Pistons earlier in the season as they held leads in the first two matchups between the teams, but Detroit proved its toughness and mettle in the end.

The Pistons are a physical bunch who knows who they are and rely on that identity to get the job done on a nightly basis. It's why they clinched the 1 seed for the first time since 2007 with that win on Saturday. Detroit has a lot of tough-minded players who will bother any team on a nightly basis.

"They play hard," Tyrese Maxey said after the loss. "They play the right way. Today was the first game—well, I didn't play last game—but the first game that I played where they kind of jumped on us early, they kind of gave it to us early.

The first two games, we played them really good. We was up in the fourth quarter and we really should have won the game, but they're definitely a good team. They play hard, they right the right way, they play together.