James Harden scored 23 points and Ivica Zubac had 16 points and 12 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers earned their fifth straight win by pounding the Philadelphia 76ers 125-99 on Sunday.

The 76ers faced the Clippers in search of their first consecutive wins of the season. Joel Embiid and Paul George did not play.

On a night that, heading into the season, was expected to be filled with unbridled excitement, the Sixers found themselves on the losing end of a beating by the Los Angeles Clippers. It didn't take long for the Clippers to establish dominance over a once again shorthanded Sixers squad.

There's no question that James Harden and the Clippers are in a good place at the moment after making quick work of the 76ers on Sunday.