Tyrese Maxey reveals extent of finger injury as Sixers fall to Knicks

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia 76ers are headed into the offseason following a 144-114 loss in Game 4 to the New York Knicks. The Sixers were swept out of Round 2 and will now head into the summer looking to find ways to improve.

If there was anybody on this roster who desperately needed a break, it was Tyrese Maxey. The star guard led the league in minutes at 38.0 per game while throwing this franchise on his back more often than not. He then averaged 39.7 minutes per game in the playoffs, including playing 47 minutes in Game 2 and 44 minutes in Game 3 against the Knicks.

With that being said, Maxey didn't look like himself in Round 2. He averaged 18.3 points while shooting just 43.3% from the floor and 15.8% from deep against the Knicks after averaging 26.9 points and shooting 41.8% from deep in Round 1 against the Boston Celtics. It was obvious the finger was bothering him, and he admitted it after the Game 2 loss to New York.

"Yeah, it actually got a little bit better after the play-in game," Maxey said. "I had a couple days to the play-in game, then I had a couple days to the Boston series, and when I was in the Boston series, I felt really good. I hadn't got hit anything. I hadn't got anything in a while."

Maxey shot a combined 3-for-19 from deep in the series as his finger was affected everything for him. He admitted he aggravated the injury late in the regular season as well.

"Game 2 (vs. Knicks), at the end of the second quarter, I got it caught in a jersey, and I fell on it, and I jammed it," he continued. "I'll say this, nobody’s gonna remember this, because it's regular season, but when I first came back, we played Charlotte, we played Miami, I didn't get hit at all. A couple games. We played a game here, our last game, I think, we played Detroit. I got it caught in a jersey. It took like, a week. So, like, that trip was in and . Like, it just hurt. It just hurts bad. It hurts, man."