Embiid Leads Same Five as Sixers Face Game 6 Celtics

The sixers will start the same five players in Game 6 against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Paul George and Kelly Oubre Jr. are again set to open in a win-or-go-home game at home.

If Philadelphia wins, it forces a Game 7 back in Boston on Saturday. The Sixers have already won two times at TD Garden in this series, so the lineup choice keeps the same group in place for another elimination-game test.

Embiid and Maxey stay together

Embiid will start at center, with Maxey alongside him in the backcourt. Edgecombe, George and Oubre round out the five Philadelphia is using again after leaning on the same combination in the previous two games of the series.

That continuity gives the Sixers a fixed starting group for the biggest game of their season so far. They do not have to adjust to a new opening five before tipoff, and the matchup begins with the same players who were already trusted in the last two outings.

Boston returns to Philadelphia

The setting adds pressure because the game is an elimination night for Philadelphia. A loss ends the run. A win sends the series back to Boston for Game 7 on Saturday.

Philadelphia has already taken two games at TD Garden, which gives this trip back to Boston a different edge. The Sixers know they can win there, and the lineup decision suggests they are staying with the group that has carried them this far instead of changing the opening look before the first possession.

Same five for Game 6

The key move is simple: Embiid, Maxey, Edgecombe, George and Oubre are the five Philadelphia will trust again. For a team facing the end of its season, the opening five now carries the burden of extending it one more game.