The Lakers (6-8) have finally returned home and face another exciting young team in the Philadelphia 76ers (7-6). The Lakers are coming off an ugly win 100-93 over the Suns Monday night. Meanwhile the 76ers pulled out an exciting victory over the struggling Clipper behind a career best performance from Joel Embiid (32/16/2).
In many ways the 76ers are a year ahead of the Lakers in exiting the devastating wasteland that is the bottom of the lottery. This year they are experiencing the fruit of their failure. “Rookie” Ben Simmons has been great, averaging 17.