This is the third meeting between the two teams over a 21-day span. The 76ers won the first match-up, 117-116, in the season opener on October 22. Then the Celtics won the next contest, 109-108, on October 31.

In the first matchup, Tyrese Maxey scored 40 points and VJ Edgecombe added 34 the third-most ever in an NBA debut. The No. 3 overall pick in this year's draft quickly earned the respect of Celtics guard Derrick White.

BOTTOM LINE: Boston visits Philadelphia in Eastern Conference action Tuesday. Philadelphia finished 24-58 overall and 3-13 in Atlantic Division games last season. The 76ers averaged 18.7 points off of turnovers, 13.1 second-chance points and 31.1 bench points last season.