Overview
- Cleared from a right ankle sprain with right‑knee management, Joel Embiid delivered 34 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists in 38 minutes.
- Rookie VJ Edgecombe totaled 25 points with four steals and buried a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left in overtime.
- Philadelphia snapped a three-game losing streak on the third stop of a five-game road swing at FedExForum.
- Tyrese Maxey added 34 points and 12 assists, moving the Maxey‑Embiid‑George trio to 1-4 in games all finished together this season.
- Ja Morant scored 40 in defeat as short-handed Memphis missed multiple regulars, while Kelly Oubre Jr. and Trendon Watford remained out for the Sixers.