Overview
- Michael Porter Jr. scored 28 and rookie Egor Demin added 20 as Brooklyn hit 17 threes to pull away in Philadelphia.
- Joel Embiid returned from a two-game absence to post 27 points, left early in the third with right-knee pain, and later re-entered.
- Tyrese Maxey was limited to 13 points on 3-of-14 shooting, while Paul George finished with 19 as the offense sputtered.
- VJ Edgecombe, Quentin Grimes, and Dominick Barlow were ruled out with an illness after the team canceled shootaround, prompting G League call-ups Johni Broome and Hunter Sallis.
- The Sixers fell to 0-3 this season when Embiid, George, and Maxey all play together and now start a five-game road swing in Chicago.