What happened
Jaylen Brown was back in Boston on Saturday, but his matchup with his former team will have to wait for the regular season, while Philadelphia also sat Joel Embiid, Brown, LeBron James and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Boston got Paul George’s preseason debut.
With Boston using its regular rotation, the Celtics beat the short-handed Sixers 144-106, and VJ Edgecombe and rookie Labaron Philon Jr. each scored 14 points for Philadelphia.
The rotation gap left Philadelphia leaning on rookies and fringe options again, so more preseason minutes may stay available for Edgecombe and Philon while regulars remain out. Brown’s first Celtics matchup still appears to be a regular-season event.
Automated brief based on the linked report. Lineup context is analysis; official starting-five labels come separately from our game data provider.
Original reporting: Edgecombe, Philon shine, but shorthanded Sixers beat up by Celtics’ regulars — Yahoo Sports ↗