The Los Angeles Lakers have been playing some of their best basketball of the season recently, but that wasn't the case on Tuesday. Despite being

Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points to lead a Philadelphia 76ers team without injured Joel Embiid and Paul George to a 118-104 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

According to Anthony Chiang and Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, the Heat are "reluctant" to trade for All-Stars with contracts running past 2025-26, at which point Miami can clear north of $80 million in cap space as stars such as Luka Doncic and Trae Young become free agents.

Joel Embiid was out for the Philadelphia 76ers' game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday with a knee injury and hit an unwanted milestone in the process.

The Philadelphia 76ers shocked the NBA world on Friday night when they defeated the NBA's best team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. They did it without Joel Embiid, a

Paul George sat out Tuesday night against Los Angeles with an injured finger, the 15th game he's missed this season.

Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George missed Tuesday night's match against Los Angeles Lakers with a finger injury.

Even a few days later, Sixers head coach Nick Nurse made a point to rave about his team's defensive effort in Chicago. On the second leg of a home-road back-to-back, playing against one of the fastest-paced teams in recent memory, the Sixers were able to lock in as a defense and force a ton of late turnovers to put the game away.

Maxey scored 43 points for the Sixers, who again played without All-Stars Joel Embiid and Paul George among others.

Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis left Tuesday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers with an abdominal strain and did not return.