The 29-year-old wing is tied with Yabusele for the team lead in games played and has played more minutes than any other Sixer. Despite having a brutal season from three, Oubre is having one of the most efficient seasons of his career, shooting 47.2% from the field coming into tonight, which would crush his previous career high.

The Sixers were, once again, without Paul George, Tyrese Maxey and Kyle Lowry when they faced the Utah Jazz Sunday night at the Wells Fargo Center. On top of that, Joel Embiid, Jared McCain and Eric Gordon are all shut down for the remainder of the season.

Kelly Oubre Jr. led the way for the Sixers with 27 points, while Justin Edwards 14 in his return from a sprained ankle. Tyrese Maxey and Paul George both missed Thursday's game with ailments.

• Another old friend who recently landed with the Jazz, former Sixers first-round pick Jaden Springer, was ruled out for this contest due to a back injury. Springer, who is still in his age-22 season, inked a 10-day contract with Utah last month, and only a few weeks later inked a three-year standard NBA contract.

Filipowski hit a three with 2.8 seconds left to trim the Sixers' lead to two. After a timeout, Justin Edwards threw an inbounds pass to Butler. It appeared on first glance that Butler may have fumbled the ball out of bounds, but an officials' review clearly showed that it last touched George.

The Sixers traveled to Boston to face the defending champions, who were short-handed on the second night of a back-to-back. With Jayson Tatum, Derrick White and Payton Pritchard available, the Celtics had more than enough to easily handle a Sixers team missing Tyrese Maxey (back) and Paul George (groin) on top of Joel Embiid and many other critical pieces.

Celtics Top Performers Jayson Tatum – 35 points, 7 rebounds, 5 3PM Payton Pritchard – 19 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds 76ers Top Performers Kelly Oubre Jr. – 27 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds Lonnie Walker IV – 17 points,