The Philadelphia 76ers were able to have Joel Embiid return to their team on Saturday after a 10-game absence, but since the team is on a back-to-back, they were not able to have him on Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies and it hurt them all night long.
Memphis used their size advantage to start off and then hit a barrage of 3-pointers to knock off the Sixers 116-100 on Sunday to send them back out on the road for a 4-game trip. The Grizzlies were led by Dillon Brooks with 17 points in this one and won pretty easily despite Ja Morant struggling for just eight points on 3-for-8 shooting.
Tobias Harris led Philadelphia with 21 points and eight rebounds, Shake Milton had 14 points, Mike Scott had nine points filling in for Embiid, Dwight Howard had nine points and 12 rebounds, and Ben Simmons had seven points, seven rebounds, and four assists. Paul Reed had 10 points and six rebounds in mop-up duty.
With that said, here are the three observations from this loss: