{"id":688873,"date":"2026-03-30T22:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/688873\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:49:16","slug":"philadelphia-76ers-announce-starting-lineup-vs-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/688873\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers Announce Starting Lineup vs Miami Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774910954_404_Joel-Embiid-113025--e1764783057721.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Joel Embiid\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia 76ers were hit with a hefty fine for violating injury reporting rules again with Joel Embiid.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/philadelphia-76ers\/\" title=\"Philadelphia 76ers\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"209608\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> are back on the court on Monday, March 30.<\/p>\n<p>Down in Florida, the Sixers are set to take on the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/miami-heat\/\" title=\"Miami Heat\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"209606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Heat<\/a>. Monday night marks the third meeting between the Sixers and the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n<p>When the two Eastern Conference foes met in South Philly for the first time on November 23, the Heat continued a winning streak after sweeping the Sixers during the 2024-2025 season. A 127-117 victory extended the Miami winning streak to five games in a row.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers hosted the Heat again on February 26. Philadelphia managed to snap the streak with a 124-117 win. Tyrese Maxey led the way for the Sixers by scoring 28 points in 37 minutes. He accounted for a double-double with 11 assists. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/joel-embiid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Embiid<\/a> checked in for 31 minutes to put up 26 points and notched a double-double with 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran forward Kelly Oubre Jr. notched 21 points while shooting an efficient 8-13 from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Who Are The Sixers Starting Against The Heat On Monday?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5690117\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5690117\" data-lazy-load=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774910956_308_Embiid-H2.jpg\" alt=\"Joel Embiid\" width=\"782\" height=\"521\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5690117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GettyJoel Embiid on the left and Tyrese Maxey on the right.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers will start Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Paul George, Dominick Barlow, and Joel Embiid on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Oubre will continue his role off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Lineup alert: Sixers will start Maxey, Edgecombe, George, Barlow, Embiid on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers are getting healthy at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Sixers landed several key players back in the lineup. Paul George returned from his 25-game suspension. The veteran forward didn\u2019t have any setbacks in his first time out, and he felt good coming out of the Sixers\u2019 blowout victory over the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/chicago-bulls\/\" title=\"Chicago Bulls\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"209607\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Embiid made his return from an oblique strain. The star center hasn\u2019t missed any action since, and has avoided the injury report, which is a major step in the right direction for the former MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrese Maxey and Kelly Oubre were the final two core players to return from extended setbacks. They each contributed to the big win over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Sixers slipped deep in the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/\" title=\"NBA\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"209609\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> Play-In just a few weeks back, Philadelphia is just 0.5 games outside of the top six. The Miami Heat are holding a 39-36 record, which places them 2.5 games behind the 76ers heading into the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers and the Heat are slated for a 7 PM ET tip on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/justingrasso32\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Grasso<\/a> Justin Grasso is an NBA reporter, covering trending league news, transactions, injuries, and player developments. He is a credentialed journalist with nearly a decade of insider access.  <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/justingrasso32\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Justin Grasso<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Sixers\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty The Philadelphia 76ers were hit with a hefty fine for violating injury reporting rules again with Joel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,144,295,189,3881,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-688873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-heat","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-heat","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-heat","12":"tag-miamiheat","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116320574083516180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}