PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 18 points and played a season-high 30 minutes for the 76ers on Sunday night against Atlanta after he missed the last nine games in large part because of a sore right knee.

Embiid had played in only six of the previous 18 games and averaged 19.7 points and 5.5 rebounds for a Sixers team that has hovered around .500 without him.

The 76ers lost to Atlanta 142-134 in double overtime and fell to 4-3 with Embiid.

“It feels like the first game of the season,” Embiid said. “I’m just happy that I got a chance to play the game of basketball. Build on it. You go from there, the next game. Whether the shots fall or not, I don’t really judge myself on if the shots fell or not. It’s about how I moved about laterally, jumping and all that stuff. Tonight was a g

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