Sixers discuss the feeling of having Paul George, Joel Embiid return

The Philadelphia 76ers will continue with their season as they look to climb into the top 6 and lock down a guaranteed playoff spot. With nine games left, they are getting healthy at the right time and feel confident about what they can do out on the floor at this stage of the season. As the Sixers begin the final stretch, they will take on the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday in a hugely important game.

They are just a game up on the Hornets in the standings and the winner of this contest will earn the tiebreaker for the season. The Sixers are getting healthy as they welcomed Joel Embiid and Paul George back to the floor in Wednesday's win over the Chicago Bulls. Embiid had 35 points and George had 28 as it feels as if there is a new sense of excitment about this team.

"I mean, I think it excites the city," Kelly Oubre Jr. told reporters. "It excites everybody in the organization, because this is the team that they put together, and we can finally go out there and show what we can do and find that rhythm and that groove in the right time of the season, right?

" The return of Embiid and George will give the Sixers a big boost the rest of the way. The rest of the team deserves credit for keeping the team afloat, though. Guys like Justin Edwards, VJ Edgecombe, Adem Bona, Andre Drummond, and others stepped up in a big way to help.