Overview
- Quentin Grimes hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 14 seconds left and finished with 24 points as Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 28.
- Embiid scored 20 points with three first-half threes and reached his 20-minute limit by the end of the third quarter.
- Rookie VJ Edgecombe added 15 points after his 34-point debut in the win at Boston.
- Charlotte led by 10 after three before the Sixers rallied, with LaMelo Ball scoring 27 and Collin Sexton 21, and Brandon Miller exiting in the first half with left shoulder soreness.
- Pregame reports listed Paul George, Jared McCain, and Trendon Watford out for Philadelphia and Grant Williams and Josh Green out for Charlotte, with the Hornets visiting Washington on Sunday and the Sixers hosting Orlando on Monday.