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PHILADELPHIA — James Harden watched his two overtime free-throw attempts clang off the rim.

NEW ORLEANS — Jose Alvarado snagged the offensive rebound with less than six minutes remaining, and the ball eventually swung to CJ McCollum for the open 3-pointer from the right wing.

ATLANTA — Dejounte Murray had nobody blocking his path to the basket. Yet the Hawks guard still opted for the highlight play, flipped the ball back to trailing teammate Onyeka Okungwu for the rim-rocking two-handed slam.

Joel Embiid got the ball from Tyrese Maxey at the top of the key, dribbled once to his left, and pulled up over Deandre Ayton.

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers did something they were unable to do in their previous six games against the Phoenix Suns: win.

Doc Rivers has perhaps the NBA’s toughest coaching job.

CHICAGO — This was a somewhat ugly outing for the 76ers.

PHILADELPHIA — James Harden delivered a long bounce pass to the streaking Tyrese Maxey, who converted through contact to the delight of the home crowd getting its first glimpse of the 2022-23 version of the 76ers.

PHILADELPHIA — A familiar but forgotten face provided one of the more thought-provoking moments to come out of the Sixers’ annual pre-training camp media day on Monday. Somebody asked Shake Milton whether he had a good feel for what his role was going to be this season, and the fifth-year…