The Lakers are still in the extended postseason picture, but they will almost certainly finish with their 7th losing record in nine years.
Smith added that Kyrie would not have gotten away with this if it was the 80s or 90s.
Embiid and Harden combined for 56 points as the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Dallas Mavericks 111-101 on Friday.
James Harden passed Hall-of-Famer Reggie Miller for third place on the NBA's all-time made three-pointers list.
James Harden debut for the 76ers will come on Friday night vs the Minnesota Timberwolves after recovering from a hamstring injury.
James Harden, who won't make his Sixers debut until after the All-Star break, opted not to go into details about what went wrong in Brooklyn.
The James Harden era of Brooklyn Nets basketball ended in a humiliating loss to the Sacramento Kings. Harden scored just four points and displayed lackadaisical effort in the ...
The good news for the Sixers is that Harden has already passed his physical, and he participated in his first practice.
After the Nets loss to the Heat, Kyrie Irving spoke to reporters and talked at length about his situation.
The NBA had more excitement planned for Thursday night, as the 2022 NBA All-Star draft was held prior to the evening's slate of games.