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The Sixers are entering an interesting and potentially exciting week. After a two-game road swing in New Orleans and Oklahoma City, they'll return home Saturday to host the defending world champion Warriors. Joel Embiid has missed the Sixers' last two games with left knee soreness that Brett Brown described as "tendinitis." After the Sixers beat the Heat on Thursday, his absence was clearly felt in a drubbing by the Blazers. Continue to Article

February 25, 2019 11:47:am EST

Sixers weekly observations: Curious handling of Joel Embiids injury, getting the best out of Boban Marjanovic, more originally appeared on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com The Sixers split their first two games after the All-Star break, a win over the Heat on Thursday and a loss Saturday to the Blazers. And, as usual, there was a significant story off the court to supplement the action on it - the team announced Wednesday that Joel Embiid would be sidelined at least a week with left knee soreness. Here are our weekly observations: • The handling of Embiid's injury was curious. Continue to Article

February 24, 2019 2:35:pm EST

Saturday's game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the the Philadelphia 76ers didn't go that well for the Eastern Conference team. In an early day game, Philly looked lackluster and wound up getting beat by Portland, 130-115. The Blazers scored 41 points in the third quarter en route to their rout. Continue to Article

February 24, 2019 2:00:pm EST

Down 14 points in the third quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers' game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday, Ben Simmons didn't seem in a good mood when he walked up to the free throw line. And then Jusuf Nurkic started talking. The Blazers center gleefully reacted to Simmons' first miss at the charity stripe, and then, well Simmons, a career 57.1 percent free throw shooter lost his cool. Continue to Article

February 23, 2019 6:17:pm EST

Jusuf Nurkic and Enes Kanter took advantage of Joel Embiid's absence. Nurkic scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Kanter had 16 and eight, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 130-115 on Saturday. Whoever wakes up first wins,'' Nurkic joked of the 1 p.m. start. Continue to Article

February 23, 2019 4:27:pm EST