Los Angeles — The Philadelphia 76ers extended their perfect start to the NBA season with a 127-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday as the San Antonio Spurs bagged their first win of the campaign against the Dallas Mavericks.
Despite resting veteran new signing LeBron James, the Sixers comfortably pulled away from the Bucks to move to 3-0 in the Eastern Conference.
Joel Embiid led the Sixers scoring with a 28-point triple-double that included 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
Embiid was given scoring support from Jaylen Brown, who marked his 30th birthday with 27 points, while the dynamic Tyrese Maxey pitched in with 26 points.
V.J. Edgecombe drained five three-pointers in a 17-point haul while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 12 off the bench.
“It’s awesome to start off good but we’ve still got a lot of work to do,” Brown said of the Sixers’ 3-0 start. “It’s good to win games now but we’ve gotta get better quickly,” he added.