76ers vs Raptors LIVE, Score Updates and Play-by-Play in NBA

Don't sleep on Toronto's road toughness despite the injury crisis. Half of the Raptors' six road dates have ended in double-digit or seven-point wins against playoff-caliber West and East opponents (125-118 at the Clippers, 121-107 at Milwaukee).

Playing free as 7.5-point underdogs with zero rest after taking Boston down to the final minute gives Darko Rajakovic's bench unit plenty of bite.

Tip-off at Xfinity Mobile Arena in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. CT / 4:00 p.m. PT / midnight GMT).

Regional television coverage airs live on NBC Sports Philadelphia across Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and Delaware, while Canadian viewers can tune in on TSN and Sportsnet. Out-of-market fans across the United States and worldwide can stream live via NBA League Pass. Stay right here with VAVEL for confirmed starting fives half an hour before tip, live quarter-by-quarter scoring, Joel Embiid's final availability update, and real-time Tyrese Maxey & Jamal Shead box score splits.

Jamal Shead hounds opposing ball-handlers 94 feet baseline to baseline, and Toronto ranks near the top of the Eastern Conference in live-ball deflections when deploying three-guard lineups without traditional seven-footers.

Maxey's counter all autumn has been sheer straight-line speed: getting into pistol and Spain pick-and-roll actions before the defense sets its shell at the nail. With LeBron James's 6.5 assists off the floor tonight due to back soreness, Maxey also shoulders primary skip-pass duties whenever Toronto sends two defenders above the three-point arc to take the ball out of his hands. Protecting live-ball possessions in the middle quarters determines whether Philly dictates its preferred 120-point track meet or gets bogged down in a 95-point half-court grind.

Oddsmakers opened Philadelphia as a 7.5-point home favorite (-7.5) with the over/under sitting at 223.5 total points despite both clubs playing their third game in five nights.

That 223.5 number reflects Toronto's depleted scoring punch without Scottie Barnes's 23.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per night, plus the half-court mudfight Toronto dragged Boston into (191 combined points) less than 24 hours ago. By contrast, Philadelphia's five November outings have averaged 235.4 total points per contest, fueled by fast early-clock triples and opponent runs whenever Philly's bench defense leaks corner threes.

Look at Philadelphia's last five box scores and one threshold jumps out: 112 points. Whenever the Sixers hit 112+, they are 3-0 in November (126-107 vs Bulls on Nov. 3, 112-106 at Pistons on Nov. 5, and 127-121 at Bulls on Nov. 8). Held to 95 at Cleveland on Nov. 7 (119-95 loss) and 101 vs Boston last night (123-101), they lost by 20+.

Toronto's recent five-game stretch reads 2-3: impressive road wins at the LA Clippers (125-118 on Nov. 3) and Milwaukee Bucks (121-107 on Nov. 7), sandwiched around losses at Denver (128-109 on Nov. 5), vs Memphis (118-102 on Nov. 10), and vs Boston (98-93 on Nov. 12). Notice that Toronto scored 121+ points in both road triumphs while failing to crack 110 in all three defeats.

All eyes during the 6:15 p.m. ET shooting window belong to Joel Embiid.

Listed day-to-day with a sore foot on the second night of a back-to-back, the seven-footer leads Philadelphia on the glass at 9.3 rebounds per outing. Because backup bigs Adem Bona (back), Dominick Barlow (back), and Ariel Hukporti (Achilles) are already scratched, Philly's interior rotation is razor-thin if Embiid sits or plays on a strict minute cap.

Toronto faces the exact same dilemma at the five spot with Trayce Jackson-Davis (illness) and Nate Bittle (foot) both ruled out, pointing toward heavy small-ball five lineups on both ends of the hardwood.

Twelve games into the 2026-27 slate, the Atlantic Division race has already split into two distinct tiers:

1. Boston Celtics (.833, five-game winning streak)
2. Philadelphia 76ers (9-3, .750, 1.0 GB)
3. New York Knicks (.545, 3.5 GB)
4. Toronto Raptors (5-6, .455, 4.5 GB)
5. Brooklyn Nets (.273, 6.5 GB)

Philadelphia's 5-1 road mark leads the Eastern Conference, whereas two of its three defeats have come right here on Broad Street (4-2 home record). Banking intra-division tiebreaker games in November carries extra weight this winter because every Atlantic club plays four head-to-head dates before April, and Toronto climbs right back to .500 at 6-6 with an upset tonight in Pennsylvania.

Without Barnes (23.5 PPG, 7.6 RPG) and Leonard in uniform, guard Jamal Shead becomes Toronto's primary table-setter at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Shead leads the Raptors at 6.9 assists per game, pushing tempo off defensive rebounds and feeding shooters on drive-and-kick sequences. Toronto's defense nearly stole one last night against Atlantic-leading Boston, holding the Celtics under 100 points in a 98-93 loss after dropping Tuesday's home date 118-102 to Memphis.

Interestingly, Toronto has actually played sharper basketball away from Scotiabank Arena over the past 10 days, knocking off the Clippers 125-118 in Los Angeles on Nov. 3 and beating the Bucks 121-107 in Milwaukee on Nov. 7.

With James unavailable and Embiid's minutes monitored on a back-to-back, everything in Philadelphia's half-court offense runs through Tyrese Maxey.

Through 12 games in this 2026-27 NBA campaign, the speedy guard paces the 76ers at 26.7 points per contest, attacking high drag screens in early clock and punishing drop coverage from 27 feet. Even in Wednesday's 123-101 defeat against Boston, Maxey repeatedly collapsed the paint before Boston's late fourth-quarter run broke the game open.

Prior to Wednesday, Philly had won three of four: beating Chicago twice (126-107 on Nov. 3 at home and 127-121 on Nov. 8 at United Center) alongside a gritty 112-106 road victory in Detroit on Nov. 5.

Before anything else, read the official pregame availability sheet closely because half a dozen household names sit in street clothes tonight.

For Philadelphia, LeBron James (out, back soreness - averaging a team-high 6.5 assists per game this season), Dominick Barlow (out, back), Adem Bona (out, back), and Ariel Hukporti (out, Achilles) are all ruled out, while franchise center Joel Embiid (9.3 rebounds per game) carries a day-to-day tag with right foot soreness after Wednesday's loss.

Toronto's medical list is even heavier: All-Star forward Scottie Barnes (team-best 23.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per night) is out with a groin strain, Kawhi Leonard remains sidelined with a knee injury, Trayce Jackson-Davis misses out through illness, and center Nate Bittle is out with a foot issue.

Good evening from South Philadelphia and welcome to VAVEL's live courtside coverage of Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers inside Xfinity Mobile Arena. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET as two Atlantic Division rivals meet on the second leg of back-to-back nights.

Fatigue is real on both benches tonight.

The Philadelphia 76ers enter at 9-3 overall (4-2 at home, 5-1 on the road), sitting second in the Atlantic just one game behind 10-2 Boston after dropping Wednesday's home showdown 123-101 to the Celtics. The Toronto Raptors arrive at 5-6 (3-3 away) less than 24 hours after losing a 98-93 grinder to that same Boston squad north of the border.