Maxey scores 27 points and leads the 76ers to a 114-109 victory over the Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 27 points, including two 3-pointers in the final 1 1/2 minutes, to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 114-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.

Joel Embiid had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the 76ers, who rebounded from a dismal start to the second half. Jaylen Brown had 20 points and 10 boards, Anfernee Simons scored 20 points off the bench and LeBron James added 13 points and 10 assists.

Maxey’s second 3-pointer gave the 76ers a 112-106 lead with 46 seconds left.

Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton was sidelined with a left hamstring strain. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said he expected Haliburton will be out at least two weeks.

Andrew Nembhard returned after missing Monday’s loss at Milwaukee with neck soreness and finished with 18 points and 14 assists. Pascal Siakam, who fouled out with 12 seconds left, led the Pacers with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Aaron Nesmith added 18 points.

Pacers center Ivica Zubac also missed his second consecutive game with a left ankle sprain

VJ Edgecombe's halfcourt shot at the buzzer gave Philadelphia a 62-52 halftime lead. Indiana, which shot 39% in the first half, scored the first 17 points of the third quarter to take a 69-62 lead.

Indiana boosted its lead to 88-75 after three quarters. The Sixers were 5 of 21 from the field in the quarter while the Pacers sank 13 of 23 shots.

However, Philadelphia got hot to start the fourth quarter. The 76ers tied the game at 94-all on Maxey's layup and regained the lead on Maxey's two free throws with 96-94 with 5:15 remaining.

Carlisle said he will miss Friday’s game at Miami because he will be attending his father Preston Carlisle’s celebration of life service in Ogdensburg, New York. Assistant coach Lloyd Pierce will serve as head coach. Preston Carlisle died at age 96 on Oct. 3.

76ers: Hosts New York Knicks on Friday.

Pacers: At Miami on Friday.

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Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam (43) shoots in front of Philadelphia 76ers guard Vj Edgecombe (77) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard (2) shoots in front of Philadelphia 76ers guard Jaylen Brown (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana Pacers forward Jalen Slawson (18) defends Philadelphia 76ers forward LeBron James (23) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana Pacers guard Quenton Jackson (29) and forward Larry Nance Jr. (22) defend Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a three-time presidential candidate and one of Mexico's most important modern political voices, died Wednesday at 92, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said.

An undisputed leader of the Mexican left, Cárdenas was the son of one of the country’s most popular presidents — Gen. Lázaro Cárdenas. He was respected by allies and critics alike.

Cárdenas played a pivotal role in Mexico’s democratization, beginning with his first presidential bid in 1988, which ended in a defeat widely regarded as the result of massive electoral fraud.

He became Mexico City’s first popularly elected mayor in 1997. Cárdenas was so steadfast in his principles that in 2014 he resigned from the party he had founded in the late 1980s, the Democratic Revolution Party, because it governed the state of Guerrero when 43 students disappeared.

Cárdenas also distanced himself from his longtime ally Andrés Manuel López Obrador when López Obrador became president in 2018.

Cárdenas was “a man of firm principles,” Sheinbaum said on X, who transformed Mexico’s political life by leading “a peaceful democratic movement that channeled millions of Mexicans’ yearning for change.”

“That historic election day, when he should have been recognized as president, marked the beginning of the democratic transformation. His dignity and republican convictions remain an essential reference point for our nation," she added.

Cárdenas, a civil engineer by training, was the son of President Lázaro Cárdenas, who nationalized the oil industry in 1938 and opened Mexico to refugees from the Spanish Civil War.

The younger Cárdenas began his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, better known as the PRI, and served as a senator and later as governor of the western state of Michoacán. In the late 1980s, he began leading a democratic faction within that party, from which he eventually broke away completely following electoral fraud.

Together with other politicians, he founded the PRD in 1989 and ran as its presidential candidate in 1994 and 2000.

Cárdenas ran for president again in 1994 and lost. In 1997, however, he became the first elected mayor of Mexico City, and in 2000 he once again ran for president and failed for a third time.

The death was met by a swell of grief, including from former Mexican leaders across the political spectrum.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox (2000-2006) wrote that “we were political adversaries but something bigger united us: the conviction that Mexico deserved complete democracy.”

Sheinbaum’s predecessor and ally López Obrador (2018-2024) called him a “pioneer of the democratic movement.”

“Without him, the country’s political reality would be different. He was a transformative figure; he leaves us his teachings and ideals that never die,” López Obrador wrote on a post on X.

He had three children with his wife, Celeste Batel, who has since passed away. One of them, Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, is also a politician.

FILE - Mexico's Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, National Democratic Front (FDN) candidate speaks during a press conference in Mexico City, July 6, 1988. (AP Photo/Valente Cotera, File)