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Sixers win Game 1; Several people shot across Philly, police say; Chilly Easter Sunday forecast

Updated  April 17, 2022 1:06pm EDT
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FOX 29 Philadelphia

THE RUNDOWN: 

1. Maxey breaks out for 38 points, 76ers beat Raptors in Game 1

PHILADELPHIA - Tyrese Maxey had the breakout game of his young career, scoring 21 of his playoff career-high 38 points in the third quarter to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 131-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 on Saturday night.

James Harden had 22 points and 14 assists in his first Eastern Conference playoff game as a Sixer. Joel Embiid, the NBA scoring champion, had 19 points and 15 rebounds. They combined to only make 11 of 32 shots from the floor.

Tobias Harris scored 26 points for the Sixers, trying to get past the second round for the first time since 2001. They host Game 2 on Monday.

The opener belonged to Maxey. The 21-year-old Maxey is the youngest Sixer ever to score at least 30 points in a playoff game.

Sixers fans roared for "Maxey! Maxey! Maxey!" after each electrifying play -- and he crammed a season's worth into the third as he dismantled the Raptors.

2. Police: At least 16 people shot, 4 dead in separate shootings across Philadelphia over the weekend

PHILADELPHIA - At least 16 people have been shot and four killed over the weekend during a violent stretch of days across Philadelphia. 

This comes after five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured in shootings across the city beginning Thursday night. 

Early Saturday evening, around 5:15, police responded to a report of a double shooting on the 2100 block of South Opal Street, in South Philadelphia. They arrived to find a 28-year-old man shot once in the buttocks. He is stable. An unidentified man was also shot multiple times. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died. 

Earlier, around 3:30, a 17-year-old male was shot multiple times, on the 3100 block of Berkley Drive, in East Falls. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died. An 18-year-old male was also shot at the scene. He is in stable condition and, police say, he is being held as a prisoner. Two weapons were recovered.

3. Weather Authority: Easter Sunday to be chilly, windy ahead of rain

PHILADELPHIA - After high temperatures in the 70s across the Delaware Valley, Easter Sunday will feel chilly as temperatures drop.

FOX 29's Drew Anderson says it is the coldest Easter in 14 years as temperatures stay in the 50s with windy conditions. 

Temperatures next week will be below average with highs in the 50s. 

Some areas in the Delaware Valley will see flurries. 

Conditions throughout the week will remain chilly with rain moving in Monday evening and continuing through Tuesday morning. 

Looking ahead, the week will begin cool before a weekend warmup and temperatures in the 80s to close out the month of April. 

4. New Jersey to begin recreational marijuana sales next week, governor says

FILE-Image of cannabis plants at facility. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

TRENTON - New Jersey residents over 21-years-old will be allowed to purchase recreational marijuana in the Garden State next week, according to Governor Phil Murphy. 

Call it a coincidence, but the newly-reelected governor said New Jerseyans can purchase pot without a medical marijuana card starting on 4/21.

"This is a historic step in our work to create a new cannabis industry," Murphy said.

The news comes about a year after the state's regulatory commission started operating, and a year and a half after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to permit recreational marijuana for people 21 and older.

New Jersey is one of 18 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have legalized recreational marijuana. There also are 37 states, including New Jersey, that have legalized medical marijuana.

Three of the seven facilities, known as alternative treatment centers, are in the northern part of the state. Three are in the south, and one is in central New Jersey.

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