PHILADELPHIA STORY
No Simmons, no problem—at least in the
Sixers’ season opener. Joel Embiid played
his usual imposing defense (left, against
Brandon Ingram) and was one of four
Philly players with at least 20 points in a
117–97 road rout of the Pelicans.
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