While most on the East Coast were sleeping, the Philadelphia 76ers picked up a weird win over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. It was a solid start to a three-game West Coast trip despite bad defensive stretches and lulls on the offensive end.
The Sixers received big nights out of Joel Embiid, James Harden, Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris to get the job done. Embiid had 30 points, Harden added 24, Maxey had 21 and Harris had 20 against a Lakers team missing LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
It was an impressive night for Philadelphia’s top four players and NBA Twitter had many reactions to the big night for Embiid and the Sixers.
Philadelphia will stay in Los Angeles to take on the Clippers on Friday night for the second game of the trip.