Two teams hoping to contend for the Atlantic Division title will meet Wednesday night when the Philadelphia 76ers visit the Boston Celtics in the opening game for each team.

Philadelphia might be without veteran forward Paul George, who is still recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery performed during the offseason. George didn't play in any of Philadelphia's preseason games but was a full participant in practice Sunday.

"He's moving good," 76ers coach Nick Nurse said. "He needs to have some more conditioning and things, but he looked good. He's really pushing himself to get in shape. He, defensively, looked really good. ... He's making progress."

The 76ers' level of success this season will depend largely on the health of Joel Embiid, who had knee surgery last April. Embiid, who aver

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