Embiid led the way with 27 points and 12 rebounds. But his turnover with 8.1 seconds left and the Sixers down 105-103 drew boo birds nonetheless. Paul George hit a big fourth-quarter 3-pointer, part of 14 points on 5-for-12 shooting. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 12 points and seven rebounds.

After shooting only 27.5% from deep over the first 19 games of the season, Gordon is now up to 41.3% from deep on the season. He has been fantastic as a catch-and-shoot option, especially from deep 3-point range,

• Embiid had a brief injury scare, naturally, as his arm got tangled with that of Raptors rookie Ulrich Chomche. Embiid was holding his arm in pain shortly before halftime, but stayed in the game and did not seem to grab at it too much in the second half.