Scouting report: at Philadelphia 76ers

When/where: 6 p.m. today; The Center. TV/radio: ATTSW; 740 AM and 850 AM (Spanish). Rockets update: Though their shooting has been off throughout the season’s first four games, falling to 29th in 3-point percentage, the Rockets have the 12th-ranked offense in points scored per possession. … Guard Isaiah Canaan, a former Rockets and Sixers player, is expected to join the Rockets in Philadelphia. … Forward Trevor Ariza (sprained left foot) and guard Chris Paul (bruised left knee) are out. Center Nene (left Achilles) is doubtful. … Forward Luc Mbah a Moute is expected to start with Ariza out. After going 2-of-3 in the season opener, Mbah a Moute has missed his past seven 3-pointers but is making 47.8 percent of his shots overall. … James Harden averaged 10 assists and 2.5 turnovers in the first two games; 7.5 assists and six turnovers in the past two games. 76ers update: Ben Simmons is the first rookie since Shaquille O’Neal in 1992, four years before Simmons was born, to get double-doubles in each of his first four games. He joined Oscar Robertson and “Hambone” Williams as the only players to have a triple-double within their first four games, getting 21 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in Detroit on Monday. Simmons and Robertson are the only players to average 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in their first four games. … Center Joel Embiid made 11 of 15 shots against the Pistons, scoring a season-high 30 points. … Guard Markelle Fultz, battling shoulder issues, has made just 33 percent of his shots and 50 percent of his free throws. Statistically speaking: 2 — Former No. 1 picks in the draft, Markelle Fultz and Ben Simmons, who made their debut in the same game. It was the first time players taken with the first pick since the start of the common draft in 1966 debuted in the same game.