PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 30 points, a resurgent Paul George had 23 points and a Philadelphia 76ers’ team that lost by 32 points twice in this first-round playoff series played their most complete game of the season and forced Game 7 with a 106-93 win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night.The decisive game is Saturday in Boston.“We’re still alive,” George said.The only team in NBA history to win a playoff series after losing two games by 30-plus points was the Minneapolis Lakers in 1959 against the St. Louis Hawks.“Just applaud the guys for not quitting,” George said. “In this moment, we just stayed together. We stayed confident. We stayed poised. We’ve given ourselves a chance here, being down 3-1, with an unbelievable opportunity to go play a Game 7 in Boston.”Uplifted by Joel Embiid’s early return from an appendectomy, the Sixers rebounded from two blowout losses to win Game 5 in Boston and were buoyed by a throwback effort from George to never trail in Game 6. Embiid did his part in Game 6 with 19 points. The play of the game — and maybe the series — came in the third when Kelly Oubre Jr. blocked
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