Overview
- Joel Embiid, listed as questionable with right-knee injury management after a hyperextension scare, played over 32 minutes and led Philadelphia with 31 points on 10-for-19 shooting.
- Philadelphia fell to 0-4 this season when Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Paul George all play, marking a second straight defeat.
- Chicago’s reserves swung the game with 59 bench points and a decisive late push on the boards, winning the second-half rebounding 28-17 and the fourth quarter 18-8.
- VJ Edgecombe, Quentin Grimes, and Dominick Barlow returned from illness, while Kelly Oubre Jr. and Trendon Watford remained out.
- Nick Nurse said the group needs a stretch of 10 to 20 consecutive games together to build rhythm, with the trip continuing Sunday at the defending champion Thunder.