Player grades: Tyrese Maxey leads Sixers to Game 6 win over Celtics

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia 76ers returned home on Thursday with a chance to even this Round 1 series with the Boston Celtics in Game 6. After initially trailing this series 3-1, Philadelphia picked up a road win in Game 5 to set up this opportunity to keep its season alive back at home. The Sixers trailed after one quarter, but then completely took the game over.

They played a stifling defense as the Celtics couldn't find any type of rhythm out on the floor. In the end, the Sixers earned a 106-93 win to force a winner-take-all Game 7 back in Boston on Saturday. Tyrese Maxey had 30 points and five assists for the Sixers while Paul George had 23 points, and Joel Embiid had 19 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists.

Kelly Oubre Jr. was fantastic with 14 points and nine rebounds and VJ Edgecombe had 14 points and eight rebounds. Here are the player grades following the win: Tyrese Maxey: A Maxey was aggressively hunting his shot early in this one as he put his head down and attacked the basket for Philadelphia.

He also knocked down two 3-pointers off the dribble as he was able to find a rhythm on the offensive end. The Celtics had no answers for Maxey in this one as he made sure he and the Sixers were going to find a rhythm on offense. When he is able to get the ball into the paint, it makes things happen for everybody else on the floor whether it’s for himself or others.