Embiid led the way with 27 points and 12 rebounds. But his turnover with 8.1 seconds left and the Sixers down 105-103 drew boo birds nonetheless. Paul George hit a big fourth-quarter 3-pointer, part of 14 points on 5-for-12 shooting. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 12 points and seven rebounds.

A 3-guard lineup is risky. Especially, with the size the Sixers were missing against a tall Kings team, but it worked. Lowry, Jackson, and Maxey were a big reason why the Sixers w

• Embiid had a brief injury scare, naturally, as his arm got tangled with that of Raptors rookie Ulrich Chomche. Embiid was holding his arm in pain shortly before halftime, but stayed in the game and did not seem to grab at it too much in the second half.