76ers heavily favored to take Game 2 against Raptors

If Tyrese Maxey keeps ascending at this pace, the Philadelphia 76ers likely will make a deep run in the NBA playoffs.

Maxey scored 38 points, one shy of his career high, and the fourth-seeded Sixers blitzed the fifth-seeded Toronto Raptors 131-111 in Game 1 of the opening round of the Eastern Conference playoffs on Saturday.

Game 2 will be played Monday night in Philadelphia.

The 76ers opened as 6.5-point favorites at