This homestand has been less than kind to Los Angeles, as the Lakers lost their second game in a row, falling against the Philadelphia 76ers, 113-112. Joel Embiid was dominant, scroing 35 points, and his co-star James Harden was cool, calm and collected, scoring an efficient 24 points on 9-15 shooting.
And for the second game in a row, LeBron and the Lakers failed to execute down the stretch and lost to another above .500 team by a slim margin, falling to 19-24 on the season and a game and a half back of a play-in spot.