During the season, Maxey is shooting just 31.8% from deep, but over his last three games, he has been shooting 50% from deep. That is a good sign for a Sixers team that needs their shooters to start knocking down open looks from deep.

Maxey helped send the game to overtime, but was held scoreless in the extra frame. With the loss, the Sixers have dropped seven of their last eight games.

Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points, including 28 in the second half, in the loss for Philadelphia, which played without Paul George and Joel Embiid and fell to 3-14. Maxey, who tied the game with three free throws with just over 11 seconds left, was held scoreless in overtime.

Here are the three biggest takeaways for the Philadelphia 76ers following an overtime loss to the Houston Rockets.

Ricky Council IV has spent a lot of recent down time on his couch, pulling up any film of his play from last season that he could find. Through “watching and rewinding, watching and rewinding,” the 76ers wing said,

Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points and was clutch in the 4th quarter but the Sixers ultimately fell to the Rockets in overtime on Wednesday night.Maxey scores 39 points, Sixers show fight but fall to Rocke

Tyrese Maxey reveals what the single difference for the Philadelphia 76ers in an overtime loss to the Houston Rockets.

Tyrese Maxey’s 39-point performance, along with some good efforts from his Sixers’ teammates, wasn’t enough to outlast the Houston Rockets in overtime on Wednesday.

Tyrese Maxey and the shorthanded Sixers couldn’t pull off an overtime win Wednesday night, falling to a 122-115 defeat to the Rockets.