<body><div><h1> Tyrese Maxey Dedicates Career-High 50-Point Game to Kelly Oubre Jr. </h1><h2> Maxey is having a breakout season as the 76ers' undisputed top perimeter scoring option this season, resulting in an eight-game win streak </h2> Published | Updated Javon Edmonds <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=37wliH_0pdBSv2l00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=37wliH_0pdBSv2l00" width="2000" height="1333" ><figcaption>Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard Tyrese Maxey dedicated his 50-point performance to Kelly Oubre Jr. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images </figcaption></figure><p> Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard Tyrese Maxey entered the 2023-24 season averaging 20 points per game in contests without James Harden, which gave the team the confidence to move on from an aging Harden this season. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> Before being traded, Harden hadn't played for the 76ers this season. Entering Sunday, Maxey was averaging 25.9 points on 48 percent shooting — including 39.3 percent from three — 7.5 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game. </p><p> At 92.5 percent from the free throw line, Maxey is approaching 50-40-90 territory, and he took a step closer to it with a career-high 50-point performance against the Indiana Pacers — which he dedicated to Kelly Oubre Jr. </p><p> “This had nothing to do with me. This is all Kelly Oubre,” Maxey said after the game “I just met him but I love him.” </p><a href="https://twitter.com/ohnohedidnt24/status/1723874116682289362?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> View post on Twitter </a><p> Oubre wasn't hospitalized Saturday night after being <a href="https://themessenger.com/sports/kelly-oubre-hit-by-vehicle-hospitalized-stable-condition" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> hit by a vehicle </a> near his Philadelphia residence. Several members of the 76ers organization visited Oubre before he was released from the hospital Sunday. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> The 76ers do expect Oubre to return this season, but described the accident as "traumatic" for Oubre. In Philadelphia's first game since the accident, Maxey had the best game of his career to lead the 76ers their eight consecutive win. </p><p> Maxey and Embiid have been the duo the 76ers have imagined having since they launched 'The Process.' Embiid is averaging 32.4 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game this season. </p><p> At 23 years, 8 days, Maxey is second-youngest player with a 50-point game in 76ers history, behind only Allen Iverson who scored 50 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Apr. 1997 at 21 years, 309 days. </p><p> The fourth-year Kentucky product finished Sunday's game with 50 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three blocks. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div></body>

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Tyrese Maxey is having a breakout season as the 76ers’ undisputed top perimeter scoring option this season, resulting in an eight-game win streak