HOUSTON -- — Joel Embiid had 34 points in just 25 minutes and the Philadelphia 76ers extended their winning streak to six games with a 135-115 victory over the short-handed Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.

The Rockets used a 7-2 run with a 3 from Kelly Olynyk to get within 12 with about six minutes left in the third quarter.

But the Sixers used a 9-2 run, powered by six points from Embiid, to extend it to 97-78 two minutes later.

The Rockets couldn’t handle him either and Howard scored eight points during a 15-8 run by Philadelphia early in the fourth that pushed the lead to 123-99 with about seven minutes remaining.

The Rockets started the game with eight players available with several players already out for an extended period with injuries, Christian Wood missing his first game with a sore right ankle and Jae’Sean Tate out due to health and safety protocols.

They were left with just seven when starter Kevin Porter Jr.

left the game with a sprained left ankle eight about eight minutes left in the third.

Rockets: DaQuan Jeffries made his first start of the season on Wednesday, making him the 21st different player to start at least one game for Houston this season.