The Sixers came out flat vs. the Washington Wizards in the first half of their 116-111 loss on Tuesday night.
Their defense was lackluster, and just like vs. the Clippers and Knicks, two games in which the Sixers eventually hunkered down came back and won, Philadelphia found themselves in an early hole in the Nation’s Capital. They nearly crawled out of it, but couldn’t tally their ninth consecutive win.
The frustrating part for Sixer fans was that the L spoiled a ruthless 48-point, 10-rebound, three-block game from Joel Embiid, and a monster 26-point, 13-dime performance from James Harden.