Tyrese Maxey scored 20 of his 35 points in the third quarter, Andre Drummond had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Washington Wizards 121-102<\/p>\n
PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Maxey scored 20 of his 35 points in the third quarter, Andre Drummond had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Washington Wizards 121-102 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Maxey, who was coming off a 44-point performance, was 13 of 26 from the field to score 20-plus for the 20th straight game this season. He also had six assists and four steals in 29 minutes.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia had its 66-54 halftime lead trimmed to five after Washington scored the first seven points of the third quarter. But the 76ers scored 11 of the next 13 points to rebuild a double-digit lead at 77-63.<\/p>\n
Maxey scored 20 points in the third quarter, while the Wizards had just 23 after going 7 of 22 from the floor. Maxey did not play in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia hit 100 points with 32.1 seconds left in the third on a free throw by Maxey. The 76ers extended the lead to 115-79 after starting the fourth on a 14-2 run.<\/p>\n
Washington dropped to 1-11 on the road this season. <\/p>\n
Jared McCain added 14 points for Philadelphia and fellow reserve Jabari Walker had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Paul George scored 11. <\/p>\n
Washington had seven players score in double figures, led by Tristan Vukcevic with 16 points. Marvin Bagley III, Justin Champagnie and Will Riley each had 13 points. <\/p>\n
Maxey scored 15 points in the first half, McCain added 11 and the 76ers went 9 of 21 behind the arc, while the Wizards shot 38% overall by halftime.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia was without Quentin Grimes, who is third on the team with 17 points per game, for the first time this season.<\/p>\n
Wizards: Host the Boston Celtics on Thursday. <\/p>\n
76ers: Stay home to play the Golden State Warriors on Thursday. <\/p>\n
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