{"id":"1794368836245-sports-segment","slug":"pg-drops-36-in-philly-return","title":"PG drops 36 in Philly return","summary":"Paul George returned to Philadelphia for the first time since the Celtics acquired him in the Jaylen Brown trade. He scored 36 points on 14-of-22 shooting with six threes and five assists, and Boston blew out the 76ers. The win moved Boston to first in the Eastern Conference. [bleacherreport.com](https://bleacherreport.com/liveblogs/25531930-boston-celtics-vs-philadelphia-76ers-live-nba-updates-scores-and-highlights) described it as Paul George “going nuclear,” while [celticsblog.com](https://www.celticsblog.com/boston-celtics-news/149861/paul-george-treating-return-to-philly-as-a-regular-game) noted George downplayed the return by saying he was treating it as “a regular game.”\n\nBoston traded Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia in the summer for George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks, betting that George's two-way play would fit next to Jayson Tatum. George had two injury-marred seasons in Philadelphia, so his health and fit were the major questions. His shooting and on-ball defense in this game showed why the Celtics made the move. [hoopsnightly.com](https://hoopsnightly.com/teams/76ers/news/2026-10-11-around-the-beat)\n\nPaul George had 36 points, 5 assists, 6 made threes and shot 14-of-22 from the field as Boston beat Philadelphia in his return to Philadelphia. Not a factual claim; a highlight/hype post from the NBA. POST 2120354977264832537: NOCLAIM Not a factual claim; a slow-motion highlight.\n\nPaul George scored 36 in his return to Philadelphia, and Boston's win moved the Celtics to first in the Eastern Conference.\n\nESPN posted a highlight of Bryce James blocking a shot at the rim.\n\nPaul George hit back-to-back threes and scored 14 straight points during his 36-point game.","publishedAt":"2026-11-11T03:47:16.245Z","channel":{"id":"sports","name":"Oncast Sports","language":"en"},"show":"Primetime Sports","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Paul George had 36 points, 5 assists, 6 made threes and shot 14-of-22 from the field as Boston beat Philadelphia in his return to Philadelphia. Not a factual claim; a highlight/hype post from the NBA. POST 2120354977264832537: NOCLAIM Not a factual claim; a slow-motion highlight.\nSource: Bleacher Report NAMES: PG = Paul George; C's = Boston Celtics POST 2120349906367877562: NOCLAIM (https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/2120359040236544293)\n\nTRUE: Paul George scored 36 in his return to Philadelphia, and Boston's win moved the Celtics to first in the Eastern Conference.\nSource: NBA NAMES: PG = Paul George (https://x.com/NBA/status/2120357227617780124)\n\nTRUE: ESPN posted a highlight of Bryce James blocking a shot at the rim.\nSource: ESPN NAMES: Bryce James = LeBron James' son, a basketball player. (https://x.com/espn/status/2120357042791542822)\n\nTRUE: Paul George hit back-to-back threes and scored 14 straight points during his 36-point game.\nSource: NBA NAMES: PG = Paul George (https://x.com/NBA/status/2120355860228567258)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Paul George had 36 points, 5 assists, 6 made threes and shot 14-of-22 from the field as Boston beat Philadelphia in his return to Philadelphia. Not a factual claim; a highlight/hype post from the NBA. POST 2120354977264832537: NOCLAIM Not a factual claim; a slow-motion highlight.","sourceName":"Bleacher Report NAMES: PG = Paul George; C's = Boston Celtics POST 2120349906367877562: NOCLAIM","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/2120359040236544293","claim":"PG WENT TO WORK VS. 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HE'S SCORED 14 STRAIGHT POINTS ON NBC AND PEACOCK ☘️ https://t.co/GXCxwnqiCX","author":"@NBA"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/2120359040236544293","name":"Bleacher Report NAMES: PG = Paul George; C's = Boston Celtics POST 2120349906367877562: NOCLAIM","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport)"},{"url":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2120357227617780124","name":"NBA NAMES: PG = Paul George","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@NBA"},{"url":"https://x.com/espn/status/2120357042791542822","name":"ESPN NAMES: Bryce James = LeBron James' son, a basketball player.","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@espn"},{"url":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2120355860228567258","name":"NBA NAMES: PG = Paul George","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@NBA"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794368836245-sports-segment-pg-drops-36-in-philly-return","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/sports","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794368836245-sports-segment-pg-drops-36-in-philly-return","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794368836245-sports-segment-pg-drops-36-in-philly-return and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Liam","text":"Paul George walked into Philly tonight and hung 36 on the Sixers."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"He did not take it easy on them. Fourteen of twenty-two, six threes, five assists."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Bleacher Report posted on X that PG went to work against his former team."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"And Boston moved to number one in the East with the win. That matters."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Hold on, you're leading with standings? The guy dropped 36 in his first game back in that building."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"One game in October doesn't tell me he's the answer. Two injury-marred years in Philly tell me more."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Oh, come on. Those injuries are the reason people point to for why Boston moved Jaylen Brown to Philly and got George and picks back."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Exactly. They bet on health, not on one hot night."},{"host":"Liam","text":"But he looked healthy, and he looked like the two-way player they traded for."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I'll give you that. His shot was pure, and the back-to-back threes were nasty."},{"host":"Liam","text":"The NBA account posted it: back-to-back PG triples on the way to 36 points."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"It was a takeover. But you don't hang a banner in October."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Nobody's hanging a banner. I'm saying the East just got put on notice."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"The East? Another team can lose one game and still be fine. It's a long season."},{"host":"Liam","text":"But Boston's number one right now, and PG just torched his old team. That's confidence."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Confidence, sure. But the Celtics need him whole in May, not November."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Why can't you just enjoy the man dropping 36?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I am enjoying it. I'm also not handing them the trophy."},{"host":"Liam","text":"A Celtics fan replied to Bleacher Report: \"Yeah he's gonna fit in Boston just fine.\""},{"host":"Marcus","text":"That's a fan talking. I want to see him do that in a playoff series."},{"host":"Liam","text":"And if he does, are you going to admit the trade was right?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"If he does it in the playoffs, absolutely. But that's a big if."},{"host":"Liam","text":"CelticsBlog says George called it \"a regular game.\" He's not even hyping himself."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Right, 36 in a revenge game is just regular. Sure."},{"host":"Liam","text":"He's saying all the right things. That's exactly what you want from a veteran."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I'll give him that. He didn't make it about himself after the game."},{"host":"Liam","text":"He didn't have to. The scoreboard did."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Fair. Philly had no answer for him."},{"host":"Liam","text":"They didn't. Boston dominated, and the whole team got involved."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"That's the thing: this team is deep when PG plays like that."},{"host":"Liam","text":"And that's why I'm fired up. They have a real shot."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"They do. I just need to see it for more than one night."},{"host":"Liam","text":"You're impossible to please."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I'm a fact-checker. I need evidence."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Speaking of blocks, ESPN posted a clip on X of Bryce James swatting a shot at the rim."},{"host":"Liam","text":"LeBron's son met a guy at the rim and erased him."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"The timing looks like his dad's chase-down blocks. It's a genuinely nasty play."},{"host":"Liam","text":"But be honest, if his last name wasn't James, is ESPN posting that?"},{"host":"Marcus","text":"Probably not. That's the whole business now."},{"host":"Liam","text":"That's my issue: the name gets the post, not the play."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"The play is real though. You can't fake that vertical."},{"host":"Liam","text":"No, but there are kids making that block in gyms across the country tonight without a national account."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"True. But this one has the bloodline, and the clip is fun."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Fine, I'll watch it. Just don't tell me he's the next LeBron yet."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"I won't. He's his own player."},{"host":"Liam","text":"Good. Because we've seen enough kids get crowned too early."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"That's the whole game now: crown them at sixteen."},{"host":"Liam","text":"And then wonder why they crumble."},{"host":"Marcus","text":"The block was real. The hype is coming. We'll see if he earns the next one on his own."}]}