What happened
Philadelphia opened the season with a 106-93 loss to Detroit on Sunday night, while Joel Embiid sat for plantar fasciitis management and VJ Edgecombe was ruled out late with an abdominal contusion.
Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers with 29 points, and Nick Nurse briefly used Adem Bona for extra size as Jabari Walker and Dominick Barlow also sat out.
LINEUP CONTEXT
Embiid, Edgecombe, Walker and Barlow being unavailable keeps Philadelphia’s rotation fluid, especially in the frontcourt and on the wing.
Automated brief based on the linked report. Lineup context is analysis; official starting-five labels come separately from our game data provider.
Original reporting: Shorthanded Sixers can’t complete comeback, suffer first loss vs. Pistons — Yahoo Sports ↗