Tyrese Maxey discusses current finger injury after Sixers beat Pacers

The Philadelphia 76ers received a bit of a scare in the second half of Friday's 105-94 win over the Indiana Pacers when Tyrese Maxey left briefly after it appeared he re-aggravated his injured finger. He had a collision with Pacers big man Jay Huff when both players were going after a loose ball on the perimeter.

Maxey did return to help the Sixers close out the win, but one has to wonder if that finger is continuing to bother him. He shot just 1-for-10 from deep on Friday and was holding his hand as he went to the locker room to get his finger looked at.

"The finger is a little funny, you know what I'm saying?" Maxey told reporters after the win. "So, like, I kind of look a little timid, but I don't have time to be timid right now. My teammates need me. I had a talk with (player development coach) Toure’ (Murray). I just got to go out there and do it."

Maxey is the leader of this Sixers team right now and will have to continue to be that guy for this group with Joel Embiid sidelined after an appendectomy. He has been there for this group every single night and is looking to get Philadelphia over the hump and into the playoffs. He can't worry about the finger right now.

"It is what it is," Maxey added. "We'll worry about that in the offseason. I got this splint or whatever. I'll be structurally OK, and I want to be there for my team. I did it all year, you know? I did it all year. Had high spirits and kept their spirits high, and it's just no way I'm gonna let them down now."

In terms of what the finger is doing to him right now, Maxey is going to just shake it off. He has no choice. Yes. It feels weird, but his focus is on helping Philadelphia push through to the playoffs, whether that's through the play-in or not.

"It's just different," Maxey finished. "That's it. I don't have no, like—I'm not trying to be like, short. I just don't have no explanation. Shoot. It’s just injured. I came back early. I’m fine though. I don’t wanna make it a thing because I'm playing regardless."

The Sixers will finish the regular season on Sunday when they play host to the Milwaukee Bucks.

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