Welcome to Run It Back! In this weekly series, we will summarize the week overall and recap each Sixers’ game from the previous week (Sunday to Saturday).
This week saw the Sixers win both of their games against teams both well under .500 on the season, but they didn’t make it easy. On Wednesday against a then 3-16 Washington Wizards team, it took a 50-burger from Joel Embiid to help the Sixers escape D.C. with a 131-126 victory. Later in the week, the Sixers hosted the then 9-11 Atlanta Hawks without their leader in Trae Young, who was ruled out due to illness.