Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
The Philadelphia 76ers continue to dominate at home.
The Philadelphia 76ers continued their home-court dominance in a win over the Boston Celtics.
Philadelphia returned Joel Embiid and Furkan Korkmaz as Boston was missing Jayson Tatum.
The first quarter began as Boston jumped out to a 12-4 run on a Kemba Walker 3-pointer. From there, Tobias Harris scored seven straight points followed by an Embiid lay-in to give Philadelphia the lead 13-12.
The teams traded baskets throughout the quarter ending with a Dwight Howard tip-in 32-25.