We might have been more apt to back the Sixers here had they not won on Sunday at limping Dallas. Keep in mind that Philly hasn't won back-to-back games since late January, and Nick Nurse's makeshift roster doesn't include Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, or Paul George. But the Sixers locker room has been more polluted than the Schuylkill, largely because of the attitudes of Embiid and George Five of the six previous losses to the Dallas win were by double-digit margins. Now, Philly meets a hot Houston side on a six-game uptick, but also likely to bear down enough to extend the margin here after getting unexpectedly pushed by the lowly Jazz on Saturday; the Rockets had beaten the same Mavs team that just lost to the Sixers by 37 on Friday. Play Rockets