PHILADELPHIA – Joel Embiid scored 26 points, Ersan Ilyasova added 18 and the resurgent Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 94-89 on Wednesday night for their seventh win in nine games.

Embiid, who was questionable because of the flu, surpassed 20 points in fewer than 30 minutes in his 10th straight game.

With Embiid leading the way, the Sixers are no longer the NBA’s laughingstock. They’re only 14-26 but have rejuvenated a city that has patiently waited for a winner through three miserable seasons.

DeMar DeRozan scored 25 for the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors, and Kyle Lowry had 24 points.

WIZARDS 104, GRIZZLIES 101: Washington won its 13th consecutive game at home behind two late layups from John Wall, who finished with 25 points and 13 assists.

James Ennis III missed a potential tying 3-pointer at the buzzer for Memphis.

The Wizards are just 4-13 on the road but now 18-6 at home, where they’ve compiled their longest winning streak since a 15-game run in the 1988-89 season.

HORNETS 107, TRAIL BLAZERS 85: Kemba Walker scored 23 points, Roy Hibbert provided a huge boost off the bench and Charlotte, at home, stopped a five-game slide.

Nicolas Batum added 17 points for the Hornets, who limited the Trail Blazers to 35 percent shooting and snapped an eight-game streak of allowing at least 100 points.

Hibbert had a season-high 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting for Charlotte.

NOTES

CAVALIERS: Forward Kevin Love was limited in practice with a sore back and is questionable for Thursday’s game against Phoenix.

Love didn’t have any contact during practice, the Cavs’ first since returning from a six-game trip. Coach Tyronn Lue said Love participated in the first half of the workout.

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