Dominant offense, inconsistent defense a trend for Sixers so far | Likes and Dislikes

Welcome to the second entry in my Sixers Likes and Dislikes column.
In the first column of this series, I focused entirely on Tyrese Maxey, the ascending star whose development has a chance to completely reshape the team's fortunes. In today's entry I'm going to zoom out and look at two emerging trends: the consistently dominant offense, and the often disappointing defense.
Like: The Sixers' offense
The Sixers currently sit at 15-7, a half game out of the second seed in the East, and are 15-4 in games that Joel Embiid plays. Their +9.0 overall net rating is tops in the league, more than half a point above the second-place Boston Celtics (+8.4). Nobody else is even close. The Thunder (!) co...