Sixers experiment with Jimmy Butler at point guard in win over Lakers originally appeared on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com For the past three games, we'd all finally forgotten, at least temporarily, about the constant process of developing the Sixers' three stars on offense. That changed Tuesday night, and not just because Joel Embiid and Jimmy Butler returned to the lineup in the Sixers' 121-105 win over the Lakers (see observations) after missing Saturday's loss in Denver. Brown had said on Jan. 15 he expected that Butler and Embiid would "be featured in more prominent ways, maybe than any pairing."