Overview
- Javonte Green scored 21 and Daniss Jenkins added 19, punctuated by a 55-foot buzzer-beater that cut the deficit to two entering the fourth.
- Detroit opened the final quarter on a 10-2 run and closed it out despite absences for Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, Tobias Harris and Ausar Thompson, pushing their longest streak since 2008.
- Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 31 points, but the defeat dropped the 76ers to 0-2 in NBA Cup group play.
- Edgecombe, questionable pregame with back spasms, hit four threes and finished with 18 points in a needed uptick following a brief shooting slump.
- Embiid missed his second straight game with right knee soreness and is considered day-to-day after imaging showed no structural damage.