Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
The Sixers and Lakers will feature a battle of the NBA’s best bigs.
The Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers is usually an anticipated affair due to both franchise’s history and both clubs recent success of different measures. That’s no different in this young season as the defending NBA champion Lakers sit atop the Western Conference standings with a 14-4 record and the Sixers doing the same thing in the Eastern Conference with a 12-6 record coming into this game.
One could tease themself and others by thinking that this is a potential Finals matchup preview.