TORONTO — The Philadelphia 76ers opened up their back-to-back with the Toronto Raptors on Sunday with a tough 116-115 overtime loss. The Sixers held a 107-103 lead with less than a minute left in regulation, but saw it slip away as the Raptors went on a run to earn themselves a tough win. These two teams will meet again on Monday night.

Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 38 points and five assists, VJ Edgecombe had 17 points, Kelly Oubre Jr. had 13 points and five rebounds, and Dominick Barlow had 13 points and six rebounds. Quentin Grimes had 13 points and seven rebounds while Jabari Walker added seven and six rebounds.

Here are the three biggest takeaways from the loss to the Raptors on Sunday:

Poor execution down the stretch in regulation

Once Maxey hit a step-back 3 to put the Sixers up 107-103 with 20.1 seconds left, that should have been the game. That should have sealed a hard-fought win for the Sixers on the road. Instead, chaos ensued. After Toronto won a challenge to get the ball back off a miss, Immanuel Quickley cut it to 107-105. However, Oubre threw an errant pass that went out of bounds off Edgecombe and the Raptors got the ball back. After Quickley then missed, Bona lost the ball off rebound, and Jamal Shead forced overtime. It was a costly stretch for Philadelphia.

“We don’t get the ball in on one which was, you know, that’s a big miscue,” coach Nick Nurse said after the loss. “We haven’t had that happen to us all year, and, yeah, we just got out of position a little bit on some of that. I thought we went to help a little too early, and obviously left too big a passing lane for those dump-offs late.”

Tough 3-point shooting

For the second straight game, the Sixers had a tough time knocking down the 3-ball. In Friday’s win over the Orlando Magic, they shot only 4-for-28 from deep. They followed that up by shooting only 8-for-31 from deep against the Raptors on Sunday. Even without Paul George and Joel Embiid, the Sixers should have found a way to generate more open looks from beyond the arc and they need to find a way to convert on those looks as time moves on. The 3-pointer is so important in today’s game.

“Yeah, didn’t see a ton of great looks out there, but I think again, we weren’t really very smooth on our offensive execution,” Nurse added. “Again, most of those are going to come from some pressure on the paint, and we didn’t get much to get to get many kick outs.”

Oubre finds his rhythm

After two tough outings in his return from injury, Oubre gave the Sixers some good minutes in this one. Not only was he helpful on the defensive end, but he finally got some shots to fall on the other end of the floor as well. He scored the first seven points of the third quarter to help Philadelphia get back in the game and made some big plays for this group all night. Of course, he had the turnover late in regulation and the foul on Scottie Barnes in overtime, but him finding that offensive rhythm is paramount for Philadelphia.

“It felt good,” Oubre said afterward. “It definitely felt good. I think I could be better. I’m getting blocked because I’m not trusting myself and the work that I put in. So, you know, just watching film, continue to just show up every day and just get better. That’s all I could do, but it definitely felt good to just get some run, my wind feels great. So, just keep building from there.”

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