The Sixers fell flat in Monday’s matchup against the Wizards, ultimately losing 117-98. After a recent hot stretch of wins, the Sixers began the game with poor energy, gave up an early lead, and could never fully recover. Their defense never picked up consistently after a horrible start, and apart from Tyrese Maxey chipping in with 18 points on 5-of-10 shooting, Joel Embiid (who had 32 points) simply didn’t have nearly enough help offensively to turn things around.
Well, on Wednesday the Sixers have a great opportunity to bounce back to their winning ways. They’ll be going against the Magic, who are stuck in 15th place in the Eastern Conference with the worst record (8-37 for a 17.