PHILADELPHIA-No Jimmy Butler, No Mike Muscala. No victory.
The Brooklyn Nets defeated the short-handed 76ers, 127-124, Wednesday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
The loss dropped the Sixers to 19-10 overall and marked just their second home loss in 16 games. They also trail the 11-18 Nets, 2-1, in the season series.
Butler missed the game with the groin strain he suffered in Monday's 116-102 home victory over the Detroit Pistons. Meanwhile, Muscala, a reserve post player, was out with an upper respiratory infection.
The Sixers could have used Butler's ability to take over games and Muscala's shooting, especially in the second half. Brooklyn battled back from a seven-point deficit (69-62) with 7 minutes, 52 seconds remaining in the third quarter. They went to take a 13-point cushion (92-79) with 1:11 left in the quarter.
The Sixers pulled within three points (127-124) on Amir Johnson's put-back with four seconds left.
Philly was unable to get the ball back in the closing seconds.
Spencer Dinwiddle had a lot to do with the upset.
Brooklyn's reserve point guard scored 27 of his 39 points after intermission.
Embiid paced the Sixers with 33 points and 17 rebounds for his NBA-leading 25th double-double of the season. Ben Simmons finished with 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Furkan Korkmaz added 18 points on 8-for-14 shooting while starting in place of Butler.
Shamet scored all 10 of his points in the fourth quarter.
Celtics 130, Wizards 125, OT
WASHINGTON-Kyrie Irving scored Boston's last 12 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds of overtime to outduel John Wall in a point-guard showdown, and the Celtics extended their winning streak to seven games with a 130-125 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.
With his team serenaded by "Let's go, Celtics!" chants on the road, Irving even got his own "M-V-P!" chorus late, finishing with 38 points and seven assists. Marcus Morris added 27 points and nine rebounds for Boston, which played without Al Horford, Gordon Hayward and Jaylen Brown-its No. 4-6 leading scorers.
No matter how many players they were missing, and no matter how disjointed their offense looked for a half, the Celtics had too many interchangeable parts to get beaten by an opponent that has been inconsistent all season. Wall returned after missing a game with an aching left heel to pour in 34 points with 13 assists. But his seven points in OT weren't enough to keep pace with fellow All-Star Irving.
Pacers 113, Bucks 97
INDIANAPOLIS-Thaddeus Young had 25 points, 11 rebounds and four assists, and Myles Turner added 23 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to their fifth straight win-113-97 over Milwaukee on Wednesday night.
Indiana seized control early, never trailed and pulled within a half-game of the Central Division-leading Bucks.
Eric Bledsoe scored 26 points and Malcolm Brogdon finished with 15 to lead Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo had a season-low 12 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dealt out seven assists after missing Monday's game at Cleveland with a sore neck.
But even with the return of Milwaukee's best player, the NBA's highest-scoring team struggled against the No. 1-ranked scoring defense.
As a result, Indiana took control early and was never seriously challenged after retaking a double-digit lead early in the second quarter.
The Bucks came into the game with the league's second-best record and as the top rebounding team-and they sure didn't look like it.
Indiana scored the first six points and built a 22-9 lead less than five minutes into the game. When Milwaukee cut the deficit to 25-23 late in the first quarter, the Pacers answered with a 12-2 run.
Cavaliers 113, Knicks 106
CLEVELAND-Jordan Clarkson scored 28 points and a basket by Rodney Hood in the fourth quarter gave Cleveland a late lead as the Cavaliers defeated the New York Knicks 113-106 on Wednesday after squandering a 22-point lead.
Hood put the Cavaliers in front 107-106 with 23 seconds remaining after New York took a one-point lead on rookie Kevin Knox's fast-break dunk with 32 seconds left.
Hood added 23 points, rookie Collin Sexton scored 19 and Matthew Dellavedova, playing his first him game for Cleveland since being re-acquired from Milwaukee, had 15 points.
Enes Kanter and Tim Hardaway each scored 20 points for New York, which lost its fifth straight. Knox, moved into the starting lineup before the game, finished with 19.
Emmanuel Mudiay missed in the lane following Hood's basket and Cedi Osman made two free throws, putting Cleveland up by three points. Larry Nance Jr. stole Mudiay's inbounds pass and Dellavedova's two free throws pushed the Cavaliers lead to 111-106.
Cleveland led 53-31 midway through the second quarter, but New York began a flurry that carried through the third period and tied the game at 86.
Hornets 108, Pistons 107
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Jeremy Lamb hit a 22-foot jumper from the right wing with 0.3 seconds left, and the Charlotte Hornets rallied from a late 10-point deficit for a wild 108-107 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
Lamb's buzzer-beater did not come without controversy or drama.
As Lamb released the ball, Malik Monk ran off the Hornets' bench and onto the floor early to celebrate the made basket.
Officials reviewed the play and called one-shot technical on the Hornets for having six men on the court. The basket still counted. The Pistons made the technical free throw, but the ensuing long inbounds pass was intercepted.
Kemba Walker finished with a game-high 31 points and had nine assists and eight rebounds for the Hornets, who won their third straight and moved into sixth place in the Eastern Conference-a half-game ahead of Detroit.
Blake Griffin had 26 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Pistons, who have lost six in a row.
Trailing by 10 with 6:23 left in the fourth quarter, Walker put his team on his shoulders.
Walker scored 11 of the game's next 13 points to put the Hornets up 104-101 with 47 seconds left as part of a 13-0 run. Walker was 4 of 18 from the field in the first three quarters, but was 4 of 7 in the fourth.