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The 76ers (24-13) welcome the Houston Rockets (19-19) to Philadelphia for a Monday matinee this Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Sixers have won seven of the past eight meetings between the two clubs, and the Rockets are just 4-13 away from home so far this season. Their first meeting of the current campaign was Dec. 29 in Houston, a 131-127 comeback win for the Sixers. It was the Sixers' lone win thus far in which they trailed entering the fourth quarter. Tyrese Maxey scored a game-high 42 points and Fred VanVleet led the home team with a season-high 33 points (8-12 3fg). Joel Embiid was out with an ankle injury. Philadelphia's Nicolas Batum - who also missed the first Houston game due to a hamstring

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