PHILADELPHIA – If there are two constants as it relates to the 2025-26 Sixers, they are as follows: they will be undermanned, and they will never truly go away until the clock hits three zeroes.

But even against a Heat team that was not at full strength, the Sixers could not quite withstand the losses of Joel Embiid, VJ Edgecombe, Kelly Oubre Jr. and Adem Bona on Sunday afternoon, chipping away at Miami's lead on several occasions but trailing for much of the game and ultimately falling 127-117 to drop to 9-7 on the season.

This game was not without positives: with Tyrese Maxey not quite at his best and Paul George struggling from the field, Jared McCain found himself for the first time in nearly a year, Trendon Watford broke out of a slump and Andre Drummond surpassed the 20-rebound mar

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