October 22nd, 2025

By: Aaron Allen

The NBA season has started, and has started in a big and interesting way for the Philadelphia 76ers in their first game of their regular season 

    Tonight the 76ers picked up a major win against the Boston Celtics in TD Garden in a very impressive, entertaining game just running away with the win by 1 point. For this Philadelphia win there are 2 major names to take credit in this Sixers win, and those names are Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe as they combined for a total of 74 points at the end of the game. 

    Tyrese tonight, had a 40 point game with 6 assists on the night. He played 40 minutes and went 7/9 from the 3 point range tonight. Tyrese’s impact was definitely felt while he was on the court in this game, especially having a huge 19 point 2nd quarter, and a huge 15 point 4th quarter to ensure them the win tonight. This is a great pickup from where Tyrese left off last season and as if he didn’t play good enough during the preseason, tonight was a significant improvement from his performance then. 

    VJ Edgecombe, just simply a masterclass of a game and not to mention, his NBA rookie debut. A huge 34 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. VJ had a great preseason run and that did not stop or slow down tonight being that this was his first official NBA game of his career. VJ made his presence known straight away having a massive 14 point 1st quarter, and staying consistent all throughout the night as well. VJ is showing great and promising potential and can prove to be a very valuable piece for the 76ers. 

    These 2 are already looking to be a very promising and dominant front court duo as they really came up big, picking up the slack from Embiid and his off night. This was a very good win for the Sixers, an even better way to start off the season, and hopefully a confidence booster anyone of the team needed heading into their next matchup against the Charlotte Hornets.