The 76ers are heading into the second leg of a back-to-back, as they handily beat the Los Angeles Lakers at home on Tuesday night. Star guard Tyrese Maxey dominated with 43 points with co-stars Paul George and Joel Embiid sidelined.

Heading into their matchup with the LA Lakers Tuesday night, one of the underlying stories was the return of JJ Redick. The former Philadelphia 76ers guard made his return to the city for the first time as a head coach.

Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick gives well wishes to former teammate and Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid.

Embiid, Guerschon Yabusele (knee) and KJ Martin (foot stress reaction) were partial participants. Yabusele missed two games after knee-to-knee contact Jan. 15 against the Knicks but has played the last three, including both halves of the Cleveland-Chicago back-to-back. He was listed as probable.

Another day, another injury update for the Philadelphia 76ers. The team announced Monday that Paul George will miss Tuesday's matchup against the Los

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick, who played with Joel Embiid from 2017-2019 with the Sixers, spoke on his former teammates' injury woes ahead of Sixers vs Lakers on Tuesday night.‘You feel for

The Sixers announced on Jan. 17 that Embiid, who had missed the prior six games with a left foot sprain, was now experiencing swelling in his left knee and would be re-evaluated in approximately 7-10 days.

Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points to lead a Philadelphia 76ers team without injured Joel Embiid and Paul George to a 118-104 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

The 76ers entered the 2024-25 season with hopes of competing atop the Eastern Conference pyramid. At present, they're clinging to life as not only one of the league's more disappointing sides but one of its worst.

Embiid, who has been out since Jan. 4 with a foot sprain and knee swelling stemming from last year's meniscus surgery, was a partial participant in Monday's practice, the team said.

Joel Embiid was a partial participant in practice for the 76ers on Monday, as a team with a rare burst of wind in its sails approaches a season-long homestand.