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Maxey scores 32 as 76ers rally from 29 down to beat Cavaliers

Philadelphia trailed 69-40 in the second quarter and outscored Cleveland 37-21 in the third and 32-16 in the fourth.

Maxey: 32 points, 12 of 23 from the field
Mitchell: 32 points, 10 rebounds in the loss
Cavaliers: 21 turnovers, 7-of-29 on threes

Published October 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM1 min read How this story was written

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers

Philadelphia 76ers

Box score and plays

Tyrese Maxey scored 32 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers erased a 29-point second-quarter deficit to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106 at home on Thursday, October 22.

Maxey hit 12-of-23 from the field and had six assists in 42 minutes. Philadelphia scored 37 points in the third quarter and 32 in the fourth, against 21 and 16 for Cleveland.

The 76ers (2-0) have won both of their games. The Cavaliers (0-1) lost their opener of the season.

Cleveland opened with a 12-0 run in the first quarter and led 69-40 with 1:12 left in the second. Philadelphia answered with a 10-0 run in the third that cut the margin to 80-76, still in Cleveland's favor.

An 11-0 run in the fourth quarter put the 76ers ahead 100-95, and they never trailed again. In the final five minutes Jaylen Brown hit a 10-foot pullup, Joel Embiid a fadeaway and Maxey a floater, and Philadelphia outscored Cleveland 6-1 in that stretch.

Cleveland cut it to 110-104 on a James Harden jumper with 37.5 seconds left. Maxey made two free throws, Donovan Mitchell answered with two of his own, and Brown's dunk off a VJ Edgecombe pass with 21.1 seconds left made it 114-106.

Mitchell scored 32 points on 11-of-19 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double, but he committed five turnovers. Harden scored 16 and turned the ball over six times.

The Cavaliers gave the ball away 21 times, against 16 for Philadelphia, and shot 7-of-29 from three-point range.

Embiid finished with 24 points and Brown with 21. LeBron James had 17 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double.