Career nights and the lottery position stays intact. We’re back to moral victories.

The Sixers’ comeback fell short Friday night, falling 128-120 to the San Antonio Spurs.

For the first time since February of last season, four Sixers reached 20 points as Quentin Grimes and Justin Edwards led everyone with 25 points apiece. Edwards shot 9-of-14 to match his career-best. Grimes went 10-of-20 from the field while also dishing out a career-high 10 assists.

Ricky Council IV had a career-high 20 points while also having seven rebounds, and Guerschon Yabusele went for 23 on 11-of-16 shooting. Jeremy Sochan led the Spurs with 23.

Lonnie Walker IV returned from a concussion after a four-game absence, giving the Sixers nine available players. Jeff Dowtin Jr. remained out as he’s running out of two-way days. The Spurs were without Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox, both of whom are out for the season.

Here are some grades at the buzzer.

Justin Edwards

There have been times where it feels like Edwards can fade into the background for a couple minutes at a time, but when he’s scoring as efficiently as this game, his feel for the game is probably right.

His three-point shooting stayed hot, and he just seemed to pick the best times to attack the defense, and looked pretty willing to command the offense in the fourth before Grimes returned to the game. Whatever the tonic, the rook is certainly in a groove at the moment.

Grade: A-

Quentin Grimes

The beginning of this one had quite a different look for Grimes as he only took three shots in the first quarter. His ball movement was a big reason they got out to an early lead though, as well as a steal on Stephon Castle who thought he was out of harm’s way.

The majority of his 10 assists on the night were nothing flashy, just making the right pass to find the next guy open. He turns it over a lot though, so it’s good to see he is capable of finding teammates. He gave it away five times in this game, and most of them were attempts at a highlight pass. His averages would probably look a lot cleaner if he was just 10% less ambitious.

That ambition likely goes into what’s made him such an effective scorer though, and he did get to show that part of his game after a passive start. After fueling a 19-3 to bring a comeback, he sat for the first seven minutes of the fourth. How late he plays into games the rest of the way will certainly be interesting.

Grade: B+

Guerschon Yabusele

Yabusele had one of his better games in quite some time. He was everywhere — hitting the glass, being an offense hub at the elbows, and using his strength and touch to light up the Spurs in the post. He stuffed the stat sheet with 23 points, nine rebounds (four offensive) and five assists.

It seems like Yabu and Grimes are starting to find a little chemistry in the two-man game as well. We’ll see if they have the opportunity to build on that partnership neat season.

Grade: B+

Chuma Okeke

It’s probably not fair to go in this section, but Okeke was one of the few Sixers who looked interested in help defense through the first two and a half quarters. Sochan was the primary beneficiary of that, running free off of screens and cuts. One of Okeke’s highlight plays was meeting him at the rim for a block.

It’s no surprise he wasn’t looking for his shot as much as when he was on fire in OKC — he didn’t take a three until the fourth, but he drilled it. He cleaned up a couple of plays early, and threw a nice dump-off pass to Oshae Brissett in transition.

Grade: B

Lonnie Walker IV

Walker certainly needed to ease his way back into things, as he fumbled a loose ball that could have been a layup on one of his first touches. He also got locked up in the backcourt for an eight-second violation. He was only able to play 11 minutes in the first half before the broadcast said he was done for the night due to a headache.

Grade: Good thing there’s a concussion protocol, everybody!

Ricky Council IV

It feels like something that’s swung nearly every Sixers’ game so far is whether Council makes a ridiculous three in the second half with the shot clock winding down. He drilled a 30-footer at the end of the third quarter, then opened the fourth with a couple more.

He got into his other typical spots, hitting his turnaround from the paint and a huge transition dunk in the first half. Once his threes started falling he only felt more confident in looking for his shot.

Grade: A