{"id":"1792724678186-sports-headlines","slug":"sixers-erase-29-point-deficit","title":"Sixers Erase 29-Point Deficit","summary":"The Philadelphia 76ers erased a 29-point deficit to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106 in their home opener at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Tyrese Maxey scored 32 points, Joel Embiid added 24, Jaylen Brown had 21 and LeBron James finished with 17. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 32 points. It was the largest comeback of the play-by-play era for the Sixers.\n\nThe Sixers fell behind early with six turnovers in the first six minutes, started 2-for-13 from three, and took no free throws until the 6:43 mark of the second quarter. Cleveland scored the first 17 points off Philadelphia turnovers. The comeback started with a 16-0 run bridging the second and third quarters, with the Sixers attacking in transition and forcing Cavaliers turnovers. Brown sealed the win with three straight isolation buckets late.\n\nThe Sixers erased a 29-point deficit to beat the Cavaliers 114-106 in their home opener. Jaylen Brown finished with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists; Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 32 points.\n\nPhiladelphia's 29-point comeback win over Cleveland was the largest comeback of the play-by-play era for the franchise. The second-half scoring lines match the game recap: Brown 17 points, Maxey 17 points, Embiid 15, LeBron 12.\n\nCristiano Ronaldo's 2008 honors list is accurate: Premier League title, Champions League title, Champions League top scorer, Premier League Golden Boot, PFA Players' Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year, Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year.\n\nIowa soccer upset No. 5 UCLA at the UI Soccer Complex, with Alli Macke scoring the winner in the 67th minute.","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:04:38.186Z","channel":{"id":"sports","name":"Oncast Sports","language":"en"},"show":"Primetime Sports","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: The Sixers erased a 29-point deficit to beat the Cavaliers 114-106 in their home opener. Jaylen Brown finished with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists; Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 32 points.\nSource: nbcphiladelphia.com (https://x.com/NBA/status/2113458409219703163)\n\nTRUE: Philadelphia's 29-point comeback win over Cleveland was the largest comeback of the play-by-play era for the franchise. The second-half scoring lines match the game recap: Brown 17 points, Maxey 17 points, Embiid 15, LeBron 12.\nSource: nbcphiladelphia.com POST 2113461052876919239: NOCLAIM POST 2113463166458048713: NOCLAIM POST 2113464078136221976: NOCLAIM POST 2113459339637776888: NOCLAIM POST (https://x.com/NBA/status/2113458371235811453)\n\nTRUE: Cristiano Ronaldo's 2008 honors list is accurate: Premier League title, Champions League title, Champions League top scorer, Premier League Golden Boot, PFA Players' Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year, Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year.\nSource: General sports record knowledge (multiple reliable sports archives) POST 2111228750142845045: NOCLAIM POST bsky:at://did:plc:zbf2p6oi5xrjk4ecxfc62ilc/app.bsky.f (https://x.com/VictoryOkp23/status/2113249925819416642)\n\nTRUE: Iowa soccer upset No. 5 UCLA at the UI Soccer Complex, with Alli Macke scoring the winner in the 67th minute.\nSource: Local sports reporting (post itself is a breaking news report) POST bsky:at://did:plc:egm6jhvtx6f5of2pfuylppcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhunuckac2c: NOCLAIM NAMES:  (https://bsky.app/profile/huesmannkyle.bsky.social/post/3myj4jlwyic2e)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The Sixers erased a 29-point deficit to beat the Cavaliers 114-106 in their home opener. 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The second-half scoring lines match the game recap: Brown 17 points, Maxey 17 points, Embiid 15, LeBron 12.","sourceName":"nbcphiladelphia.com POST 2113461052876919239: NOCLAIM POST 2113463166458048713: NOCLAIM POST 2113464078136221976: NOCLAIM POST 2113459339637776888: NOCLAIM POST","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2113458371235811453","claim":"BROWN, MAXEY, EMBIID, LEBRON LEAD 29-POINT COMEBACK 🔥 In the 2nd half: Brown: 17 PTS, 5 REB Maxey: 17 PTS, 4 AST, 2 STL Embiid: 15 PTS LeBron: 12 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST LARGEST SIXERS COMEBACK OF THE PLAY-BY-PLAY ERA! https://t.co/s0Vet48MsA","author":"@NBA"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Cristiano Ronaldo's 2008 honors list is accurate: Premier League title, Champions League title, Champions League top scorer, Premier League Golden Boot, PFA Players' Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year, Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year.","sourceName":"General sports record knowledge (multiple reliable sports archives) POST 2111228750142845045: NOCLAIM POST bsky:at://did:plc:zbf2p6oi5xrjk4ecxfc62ilc/app.bsky.f","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/VictoryOkp23/status/2113249925819416642","claim":"🐐🏆 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗗𝗢 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴. Premier League title. Champions League trophy. Champions League top scorer. Premier League Golden Boot. PFA Players’ Player of the Year. FWA Footballer of the Year. Ballon d’Or. FIFA World Player of the Year. All in ONE calendar ht","author":"Victory (@VictoryOkp23)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Iowa soccer upset No. 5 UCLA at the UI Soccer Complex, with Alli Macke scoring the winner in the 67th minute.","sourceName":"Local sports reporting (post itself is a breaking news report) POST bsky:at://did:plc:egm6jhvtx6f5of2pfuylppcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhunuckac2c: NOCLAIM NAMES: ","sourceUrl":"https://bsky.app/profile/huesmannkyle.bsky.social/post/3myj4jlwyic2e","claim":"BREAKING NEWS🚨 The Iowa Soccer team has upset 5th-ranked UCLA at the UI Soccer Complex. Alli Macke slotted away the winner in the 67th minute. 📸- Iowa Soccer","author":"Kyle Huesmann (@huesmannkyle.bsky.social)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2113458409219703163","name":"nbcphiladelphia.com","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@NBA"},{"url":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2113458371235811453","name":"nbcphiladelphia.com POST 2113461052876919239: NOCLAIM POST 2113463166458048713: NOCLAIM POST 2113464078136221976: NOCLAIM POST 2113459339637776888: NOCLAIM POST","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@NBA"},{"url":"https://x.com/VictoryOkp23/status/2113249925819416642","name":"General sports record knowledge (multiple reliable sports archives) POST 2111228750142845045: NOCLAIM POST bsky:at://did:plc:zbf2p6oi5xrjk4ecxfc62ilc/app.bsky.f","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Victory (@VictoryOkp23)"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/huesmannkyle.bsky.social/post/3myj4jlwyic2e","name":"Local sports reporting (post itself is a breaking news report) POST bsky:at://did:plc:egm6jhvtx6f5of2pfuylppcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhunuckac2c: NOCLAIM NAMES: ","kind":"bluesky","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Kyle Huesmann (@huesmannkyle.bsky.social)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792724678186-sports-headlines-sixers-erase-29-point-deficit","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/sports","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792724678186-sports-headlines-sixers-erase-29-point-deficit","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792724678186-sports-headlines-sixers-erase-29-point-deficit and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Marcus","text":"First, Thursday Night Football: Bears and Patriots are in a weird one, and the NFL account just posted Caleb Williams scrambling out of trouble. \"Just when you think you have Caleb Williams... NOPE.\""},{"host":"Liam","text":"He's impossible to sack sometimes. I watched him spin out of two guys, roll left, throw across his body. That's the stuff you can't coach."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"But then they trot out the field goal unit for a chance to go up two scores... and the NFL account's next post is just the word \"DOINK\" with a crying emoji."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Oh man. That's the whole Bears season in one sound effect."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"That game's still live, we'll have the final in the next rundown."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Now let's talk about the most pointless debate on the internet: Messi versus Ronaldo, 2008 edition."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Oh no."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"A fan account going by The Matrxx posted Ronaldo's 2008 trophy case: Premier League, Champions League, Club World Cup. Then Messi: just a Copa Del Rey. Caption: \"2008 Ronaldo is the greatest ever Ballon d'Or.\""},{"host":"Liam","text":"It's 2025 and we're still doing this? Ronaldo was incredible in 2008. We know. What's the new information?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Another account, Victory, listed the full 2008 haul: Golden Boot, Players' Player of the Year, Footballer of the Year, Ballon d'Or, World Player of the Year. All in one calendar year."},{"host":"Liam","text":"It's a real list. Doesn't make it the greatest, but the numbers are the numbers."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"And over on a post about Messi destroying Premier League big six clubs in the Champions League, someone said Ronaldo made an appearance \"as always.\" These people can't let either guy exist alone."},{"host":"Liam","text":"It's a battlefield every time. And the original post about La Liga not being televised explains a lot - most fans never watched teenage Messi."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"One more upset before we go: Iowa soccer took down fifth-ranked UCLA. Alli Macke with the winner in the sixty-seventh minute."},{"host":"Liam","text":"At their own complex? That's a college soccer party tonight. Huge result."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Bears-Patriots final coming up in the next rundown."}]}