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Boston escaped a near 24-point collapse against the 76ers by diving for loose balls and crashing the offensive glass.

The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers announced their starting lineups ahead of their opening Emirates NBA Cup game on Friday. The Celtics enter Friday's game on the back of two big wins after their 0-3 start to the season, and will look to keep moving in the right direction against their Atlantic Division rivals.

The 76ers will be down a pair of rotation players as they face the Celtics at 7 p.m. Friday from Philadelphia. Paul George (left knee surgery) and Jared McCain (right thumb surgery) are both out for Friday’s contest as they have yet to play this season.

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Brown was whistled for a technical foul with 7:04 left in the third quarter which helped the Sixers to kickstart a 9-0 run and tie the game at 72-72. Boston was able to bounce back from that outburst and retake control after squandering a double-digit lead but Brown took responsibility for losing his cool.

Jaylen Brown scored 32 points, Anfernee Simons added 19 and the Boston Celtics never trailed in a 109-108 win against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Celtics led by 24 points in the second quarter on Friday and were still fortunate to leave Philadelphia with a win.