Just as everyone suspected, the Sixers are the hottest team in the NBA to start the season. They won their eighth straight game Sunday behind a career-high 50-point game from Tyrese Maxey against the Indiana Pacers.
The Sixers, sitting at 8-1 atop the Eastern Conference standings, are back at home to take on those same Pacers tonight, though this time with some more at stake. It will be the second game of group play for both teams of the In-Season Tournament.
This will be a big game for those standings, as the Sixers and Pacers sit atop their group (Eastern Conference Group A, in case you forgot), at 1-0, with the Sixers holding the slight advantage in point differential.