A healthy Joel Embiid is a game-changer. If anyone had any doubt about that during his 15-game absence due to swelling on his knee, he answered in his return against a shorthanded Dallas team on Tuesday night,

Joel Embiid had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in his first action in a month to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-116 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, who fell to 0-2 since trading star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will return from a 15-game absence on Tuesday when the team hosts the Dallas Mavericks. He is officially listed as available on the 5:30 p.m. ET injury report. Embiid,