Tyrese Maxey and multiple members of the Philadelphia 76ers react to holding off the Washington Wizards in a home win.

The Sixers got their first look of the season at the Wizards in a showdown of the walking wounded. Joel Embiid and Paul George were out.

The product inside the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday was the effects of load management, injuries and tanking. The contest was exciting. But the 76ers and Washington Wizards were both shells of themselves in a game far from the NBA standard.