The Philadelphia 76ers just haven't fared well against the Portland Trail Blazers this season, and it didn't get much better in Saturday afternoon's 130-115 blunder.

Without Joel Embiid for the second consecutive game, the Sixers' bigs failed to counterbalance everything the All-Star center does so effortlessly. After Boban Marjanovic took full control in Thursday night's 106-102 win over the Miami Heat, he and fellow frontcourt member Amir Johnson were shelled by Blazers centers Jusuf Nurkic and newly-acquired Enes Kanter in the paint.

The Sixers were out-rebounded by a 53-33 margin.

Neither Marjanovic or Johnson scored in double figures in the game. Nurkic notched a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds, while Kanter followed up with 16 points and eight boards.

Embiid is still expected to be out at least a week.

Aside from the clear disadvantage down low, the Sixers struggled yet again to contain one of the deadliest backcourt dynamos in the entire NBA between All-Star Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum – as the duo probed their way in the lane the entire game.

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The team addressed the fact that they were without their most formidable option in Embiid; however, shooting guard Jimmy Butler was the most disturbed by suffering another demoralizing defeat to the Blazers this season.

Though Jimmy Butler finished with a 15-point performance, it's clear that he has reached his boiling point with the Blazers as an opponent.

With the loss, the Sixers drop to 38-22 and fourth in the Eastern Conference.