Overview
- Tip-off is 7 p.m. ET at Xfinity Mobile Arena, with exclusive streaming on Prime Video as the matchup counts toward NBA Cup group play and regular-season standings.
- Philadelphia enters 4-0 after a one-point opening-night win in Boston and a 139-134 overtime comeback at Washington.
- Tyrese Maxey leads the league in scoring at roughly 37.5 points per game, pairing high usage with strong three-point accuracy.
- Rookie VJ Edgecombe has surged with a 34-point debut—the most in a first NBA game since Wilt Chamberlain—and is averaging more than 22 points through four starts.
- Joel Embiid is available on an approximately 20-minute plan; the Sixers list Paul George, Jared McCain and Dominick Barlow out, and Boston lists Jayson Tatum out following Achilles surgery.