Tyrese Maxey battled through injury concerns to deliver a career-best 54 points and lead Philadelphia to a 123–114 overtime win over Milwaukee.

Nick Nurse and the Philadelphia 76ers give a lot of love to Paul George following a win over the Milwaukee Bucks on the road.

Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 54 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the Milwaukee Bucks 123-114 in overtime Thursday night. Both teams played without their top stars.

Tyrese Maxey dropped a career-high 54 points on the Bucks to lead the Sixers to overtime victory Thursday night.

The Philadelphia 76ers are set to face the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Will the star center, Joel Embiid, be on the court?

Milwaukee Bucks guard Ryan Rollins showed that he’s more than ready to take over as the team’s leader on offense while Giannis Antetokounmpo is out with an injury when he paced his team in scoring and assists on Thursday versus the Philadelphia 76ers at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

The through line that’s helped them steady the ship is Maxey. He is currently second in the league in scoring, averaging 33.4 points per game, sitting only behind Luka Doncic. He is also second for three-pointers made per game, making 4.1 a game, only Steph Curry has made more. Maxey’s currently made the most threes in the league so far.

The Philadelphia 76ers will take on the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday for the first night of a back-to-back set.