Here are the three biggest takeaways for the Philadelphia 76ers following their NBA Cup loss to the Boston Celtics at home.

The Sixers dug themselves yet another early hole, but couldn’t quite complete the comeback in a 109-108 loss to the Celtics.

The Boston Celtics opened up NBA Cup play by getting revenge on the Philadelphia Sixers for an earlier loss this season.

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The Boston Celtics handed the Philadelphia 76ers their first loss of the season and delivered a wire-to-wire reminder of ...

The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers faced off in a key early-season clash, each battling significant injury concerns.

Jaylen Brown scored 32 points, Anfernee Simons added 19 and the Boston Celtics never trailed in a 109-108 win against the ...

"The challenge is they're going to come with a different mentality," Justin Edwards said. "We beat them at home in the opener. We just got to try to build off of what we did last game and then add the ...

Despite continuing their early-season trend of storming back into games, the Sixers fell to a 109-108 loss to the Celtics at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Joel Embiid missed a game-winning three-point attempt ...

Barlow’s energy was missed in the Sixers' slow start. Meanwhile, Edgecombe only got one shot attempt in the fourth quarter.

The Celtics led by 24 points in the second quarter on Friday and were still fortunate to leave Philadelphia with a win.

Embiid totaled three points and three assists — and missed the potential game-winning three-pointer — in the fourth quarter of the Sixers' 109-108 loss Friday night.