Overview
- Philadelphia beat New Orleans 124-114, improving to 27-21 and extending a three-game home winning streak.
- Joel Embiid posted 40 points and 11 rebounds in 39 minutes for his first 40-point game of the season.
- Kelly Oubre Jr. had 19 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, with Tyrese Maxey adding 18 points and eight assists, and VJ Edgecombe contributing 15 points and five assists.
- Paul George began serving a 25-game suspension for violating the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program, a span expected to run into late March.
- Saddiq Bey led the Pelicans with 34 points as Zion Williamson was held to 11, and the night featured a halftime tribute to the 2000–01 Sixers plus a viral postgame moment with Embiid and his son.