Overview
- Tyrese Maxey scored 29 points and Joel Embiid added 22 with nine rebounds in Embiid’s sixth straight appearance.
- Paul George steadied the fourth quarter as Nick Nurse rode a swarming bench unit of VJ Edgecombe, Quentin Grimes, Kelly Oubre Jr. and Andre Drummond.
- The teams combined to shoot 8-for-57 from three, yet the Sixers prevailed with 20 points off 19 turnovers, 22 second-chance points and 19 fast-break points.
- The win sealed a 2-1 season-series edge and tiebreaker over Orlando and marked Philadelphia’s fifth victory in six games.
- Orlando was shorthanded without Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs and Tristan da Silva, and referee Bill Kennedy exited in a wheelchair with a right-leg injury.