With Sixers needing a miracle, Tyrese Maxey right at home finding a way to survive NBC Sports Philadelphia [Video]

Tyrese Maxey let some impassioned words fly after hearing the fourth-quarter buzzer and knowing the Sixers still had five minutes of basketball to play.

The celebrities in Madison Square Garden’s front row were stunned.

“I was saying some things that my grandma probably wouldn’t like, honestly,” Maxey said. 

Even in tense moments, the sunny, wholesome side of Maxey’s personality has often shined. But on Tuesday night, he was cutthroat about the serious business of saving the Sixers’ season.

Nothing about Maxey’s performance was normal, walk-in-the-park sort of work. He played 52 minutes, scored a playoff career-high 46 points, dropped 17 in the fourth quarter on 6-for-7 shooting, and jammed seven of them into 16.9 precious seconds. 

Maxey wasn’t oblivious to the stakes — either a first-round elimination or a Game 6 Thursday night vs. the Knicks in Philadelphia — but he was comfortable amid the chaos that comes with being a Sixer these days.

First, the 23-year-old All-Star coaxed a foul out …