PHILADELPHIA – No Tyrese Maxey for the first time all season, no problem for the Sixers – at least on Friday night against the 6-18 Indiana Pacers.

With Maxey sidelined due to an illness, Joel Embiid and VJ Edgecombe both had well-timed emergences as scorers to keep the Sixers afloat without the player who has shouldered the heaviest workload in the entire NBA through the first six weeks of the 2025-26 campaign.

Embiid casually totaled a season-high 39 points to lead the way for the Sixers, while Edgecombe's 14-point first quarter powered the rookie's first 20-plus-point outing since Nov. 19. Embiid's signature foul-drawing skill was in full force, with the Sixers pummeling Indiana in the free-throw battle. The resilient Pacers made it close down the stretch, but the Sixers pulled away w

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