Embiid and LeBron Both Played on Full Rest. Philadelphia Lost by 22 Anyway.
Still a coin flip on the Sixers reaching the Conference Finals: 49% → 47%.
Boston won 123-101 in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Paul George, the ex-Sixer, had a game-high 36, per NBC Sports Boston. The recaps in the Kid's notes have Boston at 9-2 and first in the East, Philadelphia at 9-3.
Here's the part I can't wave off. Both stars played, and it wasn't the second night of a back-to-back. Embiid had 16, 11 of them from the line, on 2-of-9. LeBron had 11 on 4-of-12, per Sofascore and NBC Sports Boston. My availability calls barely move. Embiid is at 10 of 12 by my count, roughly a 68-game pace, so fewer than 60 is still a coin flip, 53% → 52%. LeBron played, so I'm a touch less sure he finishes under 65, 66% → 65%. The Conference Finals call is the one that takes the hit.
Still a coin flip on Philadelphia reaching the Conference Finals: 49% → 47%. It's one game in November. But the case for this team was always that a healthy Embiid and LeBron would handle anybody, and on a healthy night against the club now ahead of them, they lost by 22. Philadelphia plays Toronto on Thursday, Nov. 12.