Tyrese Maxey scored 27 points and Joel Embiid added 20 as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Toronto Raptors 123-112 on Thursday.
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The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 123-112 on Thursday night without LeBron James, who was ruled out earlier in the day (back) and missed his third game of the season.
Maxey led Philadelphia with 27 points and Embiid contributed 20. Jaylen Brown added 18 as the 76ers improved to 10-3.
On the Raptors side, RJ Barrett scored 31 points and Immanuel Quickley added 25. Toronto played without Kawhi Leonard for the 10th straight game (knee) and missed Scottie Barnes for the fourth consecutive contest (groin).
Embiid (foot) was upgraded from questionable to available before tipoff, but he left the floor in the first quarter after colliding with Quickley and clutching his right knee. He returned later in the period to cheers from the home crowd.
Toronto led by as many as 16 points in the first half, but Philadelphia took control late in the third quarter and entered the final period up 96-87. The Raptors pulled within six points on Jamison Battle’s 3-pointer with 4:42 left, but the 76ers scored 10 of the next 13 points, capped by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s 3-pointer.
Toronto was playing the second end of a back-to-back after blowing a 22-point lead in Wednesday’s 98-93 home loss to the Celtics. Up next, the Raptors host the New York Knicks on Sunday, while the 76ers host Indiana on Sunday.
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