Embiid powers 76ers to victory

Joel Embiid shook off lingering pain in his right knee and scored 30 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 110-102 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night.

Embiid remains hampered by a right knee that hasn’t been right since he suffered a torn meniscus during last season’s playoffs. Embiid’s numbers were off a bit compared to his career bests, yet the 7-footer has played in every game with the Sixers still without fellow All-Star Ben Simmons.

Embiid’s health was debated to the point that fans and media believed the center should take the game off against the winless Pistons for one more day of rest before the Sixers play Saturday.

Saddiq Bey led the Pistons with 19 points. Tobias Harris scored 17 points and Maxey had 16 for the Sixers.

Wizards 122, Hawks 111: Bradley Beal scored 27 points and Montrezl Harrell added 25 with 13 rebounds to lift the Washington Wizards to a 122111 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday.

The Wizards (4-1) continued their impressive start under new coach Wes Unseld Jr., winning this time without new point guard Spencer Dinwiddie.

OBITUARY

Bob Ferry, a two-time NBA executive of the year who was general manager for the Washington Bullets when they won their only championship in 1978, has died. He was

84.

Ferry became the team’s GM in 1973 and held that position until 1990. Washington reached the 1975 NBA Finals, losing to Golden State, then won it all three years later by beating Seattle. The Bullets lost a Finals rematch with Seattle

in 1979.

Ferry won executive of the year honors in 1979 and 1982.

Ferry was the father of Danny Ferry, a star at Duke who was picked No. 2 overall in the 1989 draft and later became a GM as well.

Bob Ferry was drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in 1959 and played 10 seasons in the NBA. The Bullets acquired him in 1964.