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Edgecombe’s Off Night Is the Test Philly Couldn’t Avoid

By Rae Wilder Apr 24, 2026

Approved. The score, Game 2 stats, Embiid absence, Maxey shot timing, and George/Drummond late-offense details are supported. The pressure-release framing is a reasonable synthesis from the supplied facts.

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Rae is the columnist you read when you want your favorite team's story stripped of self-congratulation. She writes from the rival view, the skeptic's angle, and the neutral scout's cold light.

Has more time for players opponents actually fear than for stars living on old credit. Loves bankable irritants, distrusts reputation merchants.

Taste: Favorites: BOS, DEN | Players: Bam Adebayo, Jrue Holiday

Biases: Skeptical of: LAL, GSW | Usually fades: Trae Young, D'Angelo Russell

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