Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points with 10 assists, and the Philadelphia 76ers stormed back with Joel Embiid on the bench, beating the Washington Wizards 139-134 in overtime on Tuesday night to remain unbeaten.

PHILADELPHIA — When a team with so much expectation for a season goes through 82 games and wins 24 of them, the next year can go a couple of ways. The spiral could continue. The frustration can linger. And almost everything can fall apart. Or maybe reinforcements can be made and lessons can be learned.

As the Washington Wizards continue to deal with an injury to starter Bilal Coulibaly - who has been ruled out for today's game versus the Philadelphia 76ers as

Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe have combined for 186 points, the most by a starting backcourt in a team's first three games of a season since 1970-71.

The Philadelphia 76ers are continuing to follow Tyrese Maxey as he begins to truly take the reins of this team.

For the third game in row, the Orlando Magic fell short, this time to the Philadelphia 76ers in a game where they were missing 3 of their best players. The Magi

PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points, including eight straight during a crucial fourth-quarter stretch, and rookie VJ Edgecombe added 26 points as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 136-124 without Joel Embiid to improve to 3-0.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/76ers as NBA Fans Are Buying Into 76ers' Early Success After Win vs Magic. With three games in the bag, the Philadelphia 76ers have three boxes to check off in the win column.