It took the Sixers over a month to string together two consecutive victories, a journey completed with Thursday's thrilling last-second victory over the Golden State Warriors. 24 hours later, they handily notched their third straight win.

The Sixers are 13-9 after beating the Bucks, 116-101, on Friday night. They were not impacted all that much by the fact that they were on the second leg of a home-road back-to-back, nor did Joel Embiid's absence loom large. Milwaukee was without Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Paul George returned to ensure the Sixers had a significant talent advantage even without Embiid, Kelly Oubre Jr. or Trendon Watford.

As usual, it was Tyrese Maxey who set the tone for the Sixers, but it quickly became clear that he would not need to carry such an immense burden. He di

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