Following their NBA Cup battle with the New York Knicks Tuesday, the Philadelphia 76ers already find themselves back in action. They're back on their home floor to host Donovan Mitchell and the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers.

Joel Embiid took an errant headbutt to the face, looked gassed early in his 26-minute season debut, flopped, as the big man can — though extra seconds on the floor provided a needed breather — and failed to find his shot in his return to the Philadelphia 76ers.