The 76ers will be down a pair of rotation players as they face the Celtics at 7 p.m. Friday from Philadelphia. Paul George (left knee surgery) and Jared McCain (right thumb surgery) are both out for Friday’s contest as they have yet to play this season.

Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points with 10 assists, and the Sixers stormed back with Joel Embiid on the bench, beating the Wizards 139-134 in overtime 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.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid responded in kind to a Washington Wizards fan who had been taunting the team Tuesday night.

Austin Rivers and Pausha Haghighi analyze the talented backcourt of the 76ers that includes VJ Edgecombe, Quentin Grimes, Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain, debating if Philadelphia "can compete" in the Eastern Conference.

The Philadelphia 76ers (3-0) and Washington Wizards (1-2) meet Tuesday. Tip-off from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., is set for 7 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the 76ers vs. Wizards odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

Tyrese Maxey scored 23 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter and overtime as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers remained unbeaten after storming back from a 19-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Washington Wizards 139-134 on Tuesday.

NBA legend Charles Barkley has a knack for making interviews awesome on his ‘Inside the NBA’ program, and when two of the Philadelphia 76ers’ biggest young stars came on the program this week the segment definitely didn’t miss RELATED: NBA legend questions whether LeBron James is faking injury after missing 5 games The 76ers are