OAKLAND -- Thursday's matchup between the Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers was billed as DeMarcus Cousins' toughest test yet in his return from a torn Achilles tendon. The test being Philadelphia's center Joel Embiid, one of few humans in the NBA that actually holds a size advantage over Cousins.
The Warriors' big man definitely passed the test, all things considered. He won the battle -- well, at least the first portion. But Embiid and the Sixers won the war, 113-104 at Oracle Arena.
"He's a great player," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Embiid. "He's got an old school low-post game and he'll go down on the block and he did a good job, but I thought we played solid defense on him.