It was a good night for the ping-pong balls but not to watch actual basketball outside of another strong Quentin Grimes’ outing.

It was an ugly night in Boston as the shorthanded Celtics crushed the woefully shorthanded Sixers.

Quentin Grimes recorded his third 30-plus-point game as a Sixer but it wasn’t enough as Philly couldn’t match the Timberwolves’ firepower.

Tyrese Maxey took an awkward fall on his back and left the game while the Sixers dropped the contest to the Blazers Monday night.

Paul George led the charge as the Sixers mounted a great second half effort before falling to the Knicks at MSG.

Whether the Sixers were trying to lose or not, they sure did so in a big way against a bad and shorthanded Bulls team.

The Sixers’ effort was abysmal to start the game before a late comeback attempt was thwarted by buzzer-beating offensive rebound.

Tyrese Maxey had his worst game of the season and Joel Embiid struggled down the stretch as the Sixers lost to a bad Raptors team at home.

The Sixers kept pace in the first half but were played off the floor by the Giannis-less Bucks in the second half of yet another disturbing loss.

Paul George didn’t make a strong return to the lineup as Tyrese Maxey’s seventh straight game with 30-plus points wasn’t enough in a loss to the Heat.