In picture. A win on Wednesday could give the Sixers the advantage and move them one spot closer as they would come up on the heels of the Detroit Pistons.But Wednesday’s Christmas Day slate game is far from a locked win for Philadelphia.

A slow start from the Boston Celtics in their Christmas Day game against the Philadelphia 76ers left the Boston Celtics fighting an uphill battle and eventually consigned them to their eighth loss of the season.

There was no Christmas Day magic for Boston Celtics fans this year, as the team suffered defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia 76ers. Tyrese Maxey and Caleb Martin carved Boston open in a disjointed defensive performance.

Joel Embiid is a little lighter in the wallet after he was fined $75,000 for "making obscene gestures on the playing court" during the Philadelphia 76ers' victory over the Boston Celtics on Christmas Day,

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was fined $75,000 by the NBA on Friday for making "obscene gestures on the playing court" on Christmas Day.

The NBA placed a lump of coal in Joel Embiid’s stocking Friday over his Christmas Day transgressions. The league fined Embiid $75,000 for making “obscene gestures” during the Philadelphia 76ers’ 118-114 win over the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston,