With just nine active players Tuesday night, the Sixers lost their third straight game and have lost six of their last eight. Two-way player Justin Edwards led the Sixers with 25 points.

Here are the three biggest takeaways for the Philadelphia 76ers following a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder wrap up a four-game road trip when they travel to face off against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday. It's the season's first matchup between the two squads. The Thunder (32-6) have had two blowout wins in a row.

The severely shorthanded Sixers fell to a 118-102 loss Tuesday night to the Western Conference-leading Thunder.

The Philadelphia 76ers came limping into tonight's game against the Western Conference's best team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Sixers had only nine players available and none of them included their three stars Joel Embiid,

After a disappointing late-game collapse in Orlando on Sunday night caused by a comedy of errors, the Sixers were back in action on their home floor on Tuesday night. But the task at hand only got tougher: instead of facing the undermanned Magic,