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Observations after Philon and Broome help Sixers win summer league opener Labaron Philon Jr.
and Johni Broome helped the Sixers win their summer league opener Thursday night.
The Sixers are up and running with a victory to kick off their summer.
The team earned a 101-93 win over the Pistons on Thursday night in its first game of the Las Vegas summer league.
July 9, 2026 On the Sixers second possession, Philon assisted a Broome pick-and-pop jumper.
Next time down, Philon grabbed a long offensive rebound and swished another three-ball to put the Sixers up 9-2.
Philons ball handling appeared to be at a different level to everyone else on the court.
He displayed an advanced ability to string together moves and was ultra-confident using all sorts of crossovers, behind-the-backs and tricky changes in paces.Even when the end product wasnt a highlight, Philons handling allowed him to consistently create space and be comfortable.
The 20-year-olds passing was another plus.
He regularly recognized when hed drawn the defenses attention and could feed an open teammate.
Philon cooled off as a shooter , but his offensive skills certainly popped and he helped the Sixers ice the win by canning a jumper in the final minute.Maddox split point guard duties with Philon and had a hot start as well, sinking two early three-pointers and scoring 10 first-quarter points.
He shot 44.5 percent from beyond the arc on nearly seven attempts per game Once the Sixers turned to their bench, Johnson was a standout.
He racked up 14 points in the first five minutes of the second quarter and nailed three triples.The 7-footer played his final college season at Hawaii last year and averaged 14.1 points and 5.8 rebounds.
Strong first impression of the summer.
Broome began the game at center and later shared a frontcourt with Johnson.
It remains obvious that Broome wont win many battles with conventional athleticism, although he did throw a dunk between two defenders late in the second quarter off of a Philon dish.Of course, the major question is whether Broome can become an NBA contributor.
Hes surely below Joel Embiid, Adem Bona and Ariel Hukporti on the.