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76ers(20-8) @ Heat(17-12) Preview 76ers' Starting Five:
Harris PF
Oubre Jr SF
Reed C
Melton G
Maxey G

Heat Starting Five:
Martin SF
Adebayo C
Lowry G
Hero G
Jaquez Jr. G

Officials:
Tony Brothers #25 Crew Chief
Dedric Taylor #21 Referee
Marat Kogut #32 Umpire

TV: ESPN

Injury Report
Philadelphia 76ers
Nicolas Batum PF OUT Dec 27
Joel Embiid C OUT Dec 27

Miami Heat
Josh Richardson SG OUT Dec 28
Haywood Highsmith F OUT Dec 28
Jimmy Butler SF OUT Dec 28

Note the injury report, looks like Butler is already listed as OUT for Christmas Day. Man, ESPN and The NBA will be pissed off id Embiid sits too for their Christmas 5 Game array.

Embiid is out.

Assholes are out there suggesting he's ducking the Heat.

Maxey starts off the game 0 for 6, but the rest of the Sixers are playing well enough to maintain a lead throughout the first quarter.

Sixer reserves can't do much and Miami makes a run at the end of the 1st to take a 4pt lead.

Offense has gone AWOL. They really need Maxey to get it going.

Bamba is cooking on the offensive end, keeping the Sixers in the game even though their defense has been terrible.

Maxey picked a bad game to have one of the worst halves of his career. Needless to say, they need him to be much better in the 2nd half to have any chance of winning this one without Embiid.

Sixers battle their way back to a 5pt deficit in the 3rd quarter after they were getting blown out by 21.