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Embiid-less Sixers crushed by Pelicans

The Sixers played their second game without Joel Embiid this season ... and went even worse than the first time.

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Sixers-Pelicans: second half thread

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Joel Embiid scratched late Wednesday due to Illness

Joel Embiid was scratched with an illness just a half hour before the Sixers tipped off against the Pelicans.

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Sixers-Pelicans: first half thread

Can the Sixers make it three wins in a row with a W against Zion Williamson and the 9-9 Pelicans?

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