76ers' Paul George pushing Tyrese Maxey to stay aggressive, shoot more

BOSTON -- As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare to enter TD Garden on Tuesday and fight for their lives, they will need Tyrese Maxey to lead the way for this group. Yes, Joel Embiid is back on the floor, but they cannot forget to make sure Maxey gets his shots and he needs to remember to stay aggressive. Maxey took only three shots in the first half of Sunday's 128-96 Game 4 loss to the Boston Celtics and finished with 14 shot attempts.

After the loss, the All-Star guard revealed that both Embiid and Paul George got on him about the lack of shot attempts as there is an obvious need for him to take those looks and to take advantage of the opportunities he gets against this Celtics defense. "I think at half he only had three shots," said George. "I told him, man, you got to come out and be aggressive.

We need him to shoot the ball. So, I'm happy he came out. He was a lot more aggressive.

He was looking for his opportunities, but, yeah that was just where the conversation was. I wanted him to be a little bit more aggressive for us, and we needed him to. We wasn't gonna win, or give ourselves a chance to win if he only took three shots.