PHILADELPHIA — It took until Game 19 of the 76ers season for Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey to be on the court simultaneously for the first time.

That number — 19 — is how many games Embiid’s body allowed him last season. It’s the number of minutes the trio logged together in Sunday’s 142-134 loss to the Atlanta Hawks in two overtimes.

And it’s three more than the total number of times that the Big 3 the 76ers assembled with so much fanfare in the summer of 2024 have been on the court together.

So if it seems that this debate over injuries and availability has grown tired, Sunday was a reminder that the 76ers’ latest, greatest chance at ending its title drought just crossed the 300-minute mark of on-court experimentation.

The work that many fans would love to see as complete

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