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Joel Embiid’s 50 points provided the ultimate ‘safety valve’ for the Sixers

Heading into Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers were well-rested, able to take the floor as a complete roster for presumably the first time ever, and facing a Washington Wizards team with just three wins on the season. You might have assumed the Sixers would dominate on their way to an easy win.

But you know what they say happens when you assume? The Sixers play poorly.

Philadelphia missed its first thousand or so three-point attempts and the team defense’s Uber got lost on the way to the way to 30th Street Station and missed the train ride down to D.