At one point, the 30-year-old looked completely gassed as he had his hands on his knees to catch a breath. Instead of sympathizing with the 76ers star, NBA legend Reggie Miller gave a brutal reality check to him. "He needs to be sprinting," Miller said. "Now, again, he's not in shape, but whose fault is that? That's the player's fault!"

After sitting out Wednesday's loss to the Kings to rest his knee, Embiid tallied his third double-double of the season in Thursday's rout, providing a team-high 28 points as well as full stat line for the 76ers.

One day after failing to extend a four-game winning streak without the services of Joel Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers will attempt to start a new winning string with him Thursday night when they visit the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.