"It was good, you know, I think what I like the most about is just moving the ball, playing together, and the ball wasn’t sticking and that’s how we want to play," Embiid said. "Just moving the ball, playing together, but we still have a long way to go. I still thought the spacing wasn’t great, so we know that that matters."

Embiid admitted it's something the team has worked on in practice this year and he sees potential in sharing the frontcourt with Reed. "I’ve always thought we had the potential to play with two bigs, especially with a guy like P[aul] Reed and some of the other guys that we have," he said. "We just have to keep working, try to see whatever works, and keep using it."

The Sixers have abundance have playable bigs on the roster. Finding ways for them to co-exist on the floor together gives Nurse more optionality with his rotation.