Some Jared McCain close-ups at shootaround this morning. McCain laced a stepback 3 and yelled “Tyrese Maxey”.

No appreciable brace for McCain during his pregame workout. Although he is getting a pregame workout in, McCain is not available to play tonight.

Same minutes restriction for Joel Embiid tonight, per Nick Nurse.

Spooky Sixers starters: Maxey Edgecombe Oubre Jabari Walker Embiid

Your Halloween bell-ringer: DeSean Jackson

Celtics up by 13 after 1. Celtics +4 without Jaylen Brown (16 points) on the court. Things got out of hand specifically when they started doubling Maxey with Justin Edwards' man. Edwards had 3 naked looks from 3 and missed all of them, leading to transition for the Cs.

A LOT of Quentin Grimes trying to cook in this one.

An extremely manageable 11-point deficit for the Sixers at halftime. If Boston is going to shoot like this all night, forget it. But some juice and life in this one after it looked dead a few minutes ago.

Embiid has played 15 minutes already. Some critical decisions to come with the Sixers down 5 and 19:46 of regulation to play.

Embiid just drew a big foul on Neemias Queta and got the bucket. He fist-pumped and motioned to the crowd to stand up. That is the old Joel. Sixers can cut this 23-point deficit to 2 after timeout.

Sixers trail by 7 after 3 because Nurse experimented with a lineup that committed crimes against basketball near the end of the quarter. If we're to assume Embiid has roughly the same minute target as he had in DC, he'll have about 6 in the fourth.

The Sixers are -23 in Quentin Grimes' 25 minutes tonight and it has felt every bit like it.

I simply cannot fathom giving Jaylen Brown that foul call when you did not grant Maxey the whistle on that floater a few moments ago.

Celtics win. Can't do the double-digit deficit thing every night. The Sixers are 4-1.

Nick Nurse expressed regret that he didn't have Maxey in down the stretch of the 3rd quarter when the Celtics' retook the lead.

Nick Nurse to Austin Krell on the decision to go with VJ Edgecombe, Quentin Grimes, Justin Edwards, Trendon Watford, and Andre Drummond down the stretch of the third quarter in tonight’s loss to Boston.

Tyrese Maxey to Austin Krell on the Sixers trailing by double digits in 4 of the 5 games thus far.

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