The Philadelphia 76ers, riding a four-game winning streak, will face the Sacramento Kings without Joel Embiid. While the Sixers have found offensive success recently, Embiid's absence will be a significant blow on defense, especially against a Kings team that has been a scoring threat.
The Philadelphia 76ers will start the new year without Joel Embiid as their defensive efforts may suffer in a matchup against the Sacramento Kings .The Philadelphia 76ers found a groove last month, and will carry a four-game winning streak into this game against the Sacramento Kings as they seek their 11th win in 14 games.
The defensive end is where the loss of Embiid has really been felt by a significant margin, and now they’ll gear up for a meeting with the– who at one point led the league in scoring efficiency last month and have remained a force on that end of the floor. Considering the Sixers have been just fine on offense without Embiid and will continue to find success against a defense that’s been brutal at the rim and the arc, I’m expecting plenty of offense and would make this total a couple of points higher.has been in what’s essentially a tie for second in Usage Rate in these minutes. And, speaking of minutes, Oubre has been an unquestionably important player for the Sixers in the wake of so many injuries with over 35 per game last month.
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