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Playoff Bell Ringer: Sixers seize 3-0 series lead with 132-103 win over Wizards Share this story Note: There is no traditional recap post for tonight’s game. Sixers Bell Ringer playoff standings: Tobias Harris - 1 Ben Simmons - 1 Different city, same story for the Sixers, who coasted to 132-103 victory over Washington Saturday night to take a 3-0 series lead. Philadelphia shot a sparkling 17-of-33 (51.5 percent) from behind the arc, rubbing salt into the wound of a Wizards team that just has ...

The Wizards have to win Game 3 at home to have any chance of making this a competitive series.

The numbers from the Wizards’ game three loss to the 76ers are ugly.

After leaving Wednesday’s Game 2 loss with a right ankle injury, Wizards point guard Russell Westbrook was held out of Friday’s practice and his status for Game 3 on Saturday is unclear.

The Wizards are back in D.C. on Saturday night for Game 3 of their first round series against the Sixers.

Ben Simmons had 22 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, Joel Embiid added 22 points and seven rebounds and the host Philadelphia 76ers took a 2-0 series lea

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Let’s put last night’s game aside for a moment. It’s the kind of thing to be expected in a No. 1 v. No. 8 seed matchup. The prevalent sentiment on Twitter — and in my infernal text messages — was that the Wizards are being held back by That Moron Scott Brooks who’s too stupid to play (depending on who’s complaining) Chandler Hutchison, Garrison Mathews, Anthony Gill or Isaac Bonga. One guy tweeted at us that Brooks should employ the never-fail ...

The Sixers are up 1-0, undefeated in their season series against Washington, and left feeling they can clean a lot of things up before Game 2. Between Joel Embiid's foul trouble, poor transition defense, and a number of other oddities from the opener, a more comfortable win is a realistic goal on Wedneday night.

Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images Thank you for submitting your questions for this month’s mailbag. Selected questions are below. We will have our next one in June 2021. Thanks! Can you end Washington Mystics coverage yesterday? (multiple BF commenters and/or trolls) It’s sad that I have to answer this question seriously in 2021, when the WNBA is in its 25th season. The rhetorical answer? “The Mystics will go away when you take them ... from my cold, dead hands!” In layman’s ...

Sixers: Tobias Harris (37), Joel Embiid (30), Danny Green (11), George Hill (11) SUMMARY The eight-seed Wizards fell to the one-seed Sixers 125-118 on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia in Game 1 of the teams’ first round series. Bradley Beal led the way for Washington, totaling 33 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists in what was the first playoff double-double of his career. Russell Westbrook finished with 16 points and 14 assists. The Sixers’ defense was as good as advertised in the open...