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Maxey scores career-high 54 points as 76ers outlast Bucks 123-114 in overtime
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Philadelphia 76ers' Trendon Watford knocks the ball from Milwaukee Bucks' Kyle Kuzma during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Milwaukee. - photo by AP Photo/Morry Gash
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 54 points and tied the game by hitting two free throws with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers' 123-114 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Maxey's previous career high was a 52-point performance in a 133-126, double-overtime victory over San Antonio on April 7, 2024. He also had nine assists and played over 46 1/2 minutes.