The Boston Celtics had a chance to put away the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. Up 3-1 and playing at the TD Garden, the Celtics had the Sixers where they wanted to. They raced to an 11-point lead in the second quarter and had a 13-point cushion early in the third. But Joel Embiid wasn't ready to go home yet.

On the three-week anniversary of his emergency appendectomy, Joel Embiid is primed to log his third appearance of the 2026 NBA Playoffs.

Quentin Grimes put his body on Jaylen Brown as he lost his grip on the basketball in the backcourt. Then Grimes kept pressuring the Boston Celtics’ superstar guard, who labored his way up the floor before taking an off-balance midrange jumper at the end of the shot clock.

Betting on himself this season didn’t go nearly as well as Quentin Grimes may have hoped. A tumultuous restricted free agency saw him return to the Sixers on only the $6 million dollar qualifying offer in hopes of scoring a better deal the following offseason.

The Philadelphia 76ers single out a specific area of Tyrese Maxey's Game 5 performance against the Boston Celtics.

BOSTON — VJ Edgecombe grabbed the offensive rebound off a missed Tyrese Maxey jumper, and the ball found Paul George for a three-pointer that flipped a one-point 76ers’ deficit into a two-point advantage.

Multiple members of the Philadelphia 76ers single out Quentin Grimes after a season-saving road win over the Boston Celtics.

The Celtics took the 76ers' best punches in the first three quarters of their Game 5 matchup with Philadelphia. Then everything fell apart for Boston. The Celtics carried an 86-85 lead into the final period before being outscored 28-11 over the final 12 minutes of their 113-97 loss Tuesday night.