Despite continuing their early-season trend of storming back into games, the Sixers fell to a 109-108 loss to the Celtics at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Joel Embiid missed a game-winning three-point attempt at the final buzzer.

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While the Sixers have gotten off to a 4-0 start, they've ranked highly among other teams in the league across a few categories.

"The challenge is they're going to come with a different mentality," Justin Edwards said. "We beat them at home in the opener. We just got to try to build off of what we did last game and then add the pieces that we have and the film that we've been watching just trying to put into the game."

The way the Sixers have played this season (and the wins) are fresh and exciting, but a seismic shift isn't for the best.

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The 76ers will be down a pair of rotation players as they face the Celtics at 7 p.m. Friday from Philadelphia. Paul George (left knee surgery) and Jared McCain (right thumb surgery) are both out for Friday’s contest as they have yet to play this season.

Paul George (left knee surgery recovery), Dominick Barlow (right elbow laceration) and Jared McCain (right thumb surgery recovery) have been ruled out for the Sixers’ matchup with the 2-3 Celtics. Barlow will miss at least the next two games and be re-evaluated early next week, a team official said.