Had Embiid played the second night of the back-to-back for the Sixers he and George would have played their 14th game together out of Philadelphia's first 50 games of the year. Instead they still haven't crossed paths on the court in over a month and Philadelphia remains in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.

Joel Embiid had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in his first action in a month to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-116 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, who fell to 0-2 since trading star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Joel Embiid-less version of the Philadelphia 76ers fall short to Tyler Herro and the Miami Heat at home on Wednesday.