Live stream: Pistons 102, 76ers 120

The Detroit Pistons (13-66) play against the Philadelphia 76ers (45-35) at Wells Fargo Center

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Game Time: 7:00 PM EDT on Tuesday April 9, 2024

Detroit Pistons 102, Philadelphia 76ers 120 (Final)

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

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“alright…act like you know me.” 😂
some wholesome content of @buddyhield and his daughter at postgame media.
goodnight sixers twitter! –

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Sixers vs. Pistons box –

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De’Anthony Melton discussed his return to the floor after a win over the Pistons at home via @SixersWire –

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Joel Embiid discussed having to work his way back into shape in these final 2 games of the season via @SixersWire –

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De’Anthony Melton and Buddy Hield postgame pressers are available on my YouTube channel, where I hope to post media availabilities and game film clips as consistently as possible.
Melton:
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Clippers led 37-10 in Phoenix
That’s the 2nd largest margin through the first quarter in team history (Feb. 2014: Clippers led 76ers 46-15) –

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NYK has BOS, BKN & CHI to finish season. ORL has MIL, PHI, MIL. In addition to ORL games, MIL has OKC on Fri. CLE closes with MEM, IND, CHA. ORL & MIL have tie-breaker over NYK. NYK has tie-breaker over CLE. Obviously, so much swings in East on health of Giannis Antetokounmpo. –

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Wemby has recorded 6 or more assists in all 4 April games.
8 assists @ DEN
9 assists @ NOP
6 assists vs PHI
6 assists @ MEM
After career high 9 turnovers vs PHI, Wemby bounces back with just 1 turnover tonight. –

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26 days after the Celtics became the first, Milwaukee is the 2nd to clinch an Eastern Conference Playoff spot.
Bucks, Knicks, Sixers, Pacers and Heat (2-OT) win.
Magic, Bulls and Hawks lose.
Orlando @ Milwaukee tomorrow
New York @ Boston Thursday
Indy @ Cle, Orl @ Phi Friday –

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Miami will escape with a win in double overtime in Atlanta, but now will need to win at home tomorrow against Dallas to keep pace with Philadelphia.
Meanwhile, Houston on the verge of giving the Sixers a significant boost with a win over Orlando. –

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37 PTS | 11 REBS | 8 ASTS | 2 BLKS
JoJo put on a show. 🍿
presented by @PALottery –

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postgame embrace. 🫂😂 –

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Kyle Lowry is gone from the Heat but his spirit lives on in Jimmy Butler. –

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Joel Embiid finished with 37/11/8, De’Anthony Melton returned and Buddy Hield rained in 3s as the Sixers picked up their 6th win in a row.
Join @_devongivens and I as we break down this win, and go over the race to avoid the play-in.
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Initial observations after Joel Embiid overwhelmed the Pistons and the Sixers extended their win streak to six games

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The Sixers kept the Pistons at an arm’s length all night behind Joel Embiid’s near triple-double, keeping pace with the East playoff race.
Likes and dislikes @973ESPN:
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The player grades following a win over the Pistons at home via @SixersWire –

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The 76ers and Pacers both won tonight. –

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Final: 76ers 120, Pistons 102
Joel Embiid finishes with 37-11-8 for Philly, while Jaden Ivey had 25-5-4 for Detroit.
Sixers have now won six in a row and will wait for other results to finish to see where they are in the East standings at night’s end. –

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FINAL: Sixers 120, Pistons 102. Detroit shot 31.8% in the second half and committed 16 turnovers. –

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Joel Embiid is top 5 in
— 30-point games
— 40-point games
— 50-point games
— 30/10/5 games
— 30/15/5 games
— 25/15 games
— 30/15 games
— 40/15 games
He’s only played 38 games. –

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Wemby blocks in April:
9 blocks @ DEN
3 blocks @ NOP
7 blocks vs PHI
5 blocks @ MEM (game still in progress) –

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Assuming the Pistons don’t pull off a miracle, Detroit will at least tie the 1979-80 team for the least amount of wins in franchise history (16).
Pistons have to win their final three games — Chicago, Dallas and San Antonio — to avoid setting a new record. –

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Joel Embiid’s night is over with 37 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists in 36 minutes.
Philly is up 113-92 with 3 minutes to go and will, barring something truly unexpected, win a sixth straight game. –

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That should do it for Embiid.
37-11-8 on 12/22 from the field, Sixers up by 21 with just a few to play. 35+ mins for him, which should hopefully help the conditioning base. –

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Embiid tonight:
37 PTS
11 REB
8 AST
5 STOCK
4th in 35-point games this season — he’s played less than half the season. –

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Embiid and Field hit back-to-back 3s. Pistons suddenly are down 18 –

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Buddy Hield drills his 3rd triple of the night to put Philly up 101-83 with 9:00 left. Give the Pistons credit. They didn’t give up in this one and clawed their way back into this game, but it appears Philly will handle business. –

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Really solid outing off of the bench for Dowtin tonight.
This one should hopefully be about over now, Sixers up 18 with 9 to go and the Pistons fading. –

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After 3: Sixers 90, Pistons 78
Philadelphia ends the third on a 19-8 run to open things back up here after Detroit got to within one.
Joel Embiid up to 28-8-6 for Philly. –

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End of 3: Sixers 90, Pistons 78. Philly closed it with a 17-6 run after Detroit whittled the deficit to one.
Ivey: 22 points (7-15 overall, 5-7 from 3)
Fournier: 19 points (6-8 overall, 3-4 from 3) –

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Pistons cut their deficit to one at about the six minute mark and then Detroit proceeded to turn the ball over a handful of times, miss all but one shot and allowed Philly to score everything at the rim.
12-point game to end 3Q. –

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Sixers 79, Pistons 72 with 3:09 to play in the 3rd. Detroit cut it to one with a trio of 3’s, but have gotten sloppy again. Both teams, really. Philly’s left some points on the table –

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After a disastrous defensive start to this game, depleted Detroit cut its deficit to one against Philly in the 3Q and then immediately stopped playing defense.
Two shots right at the rim for Philly with no one within three feet. –

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Right now maybe only Cam Payne looks fresh, and playing with energy. Suddenly in some “devastating trap game” danger. –

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Ivey so far in Q3…
22 PTS | 7-14 FG | 5-7 3PT | 4 REB | 3 AST –

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Sasser and Ivey with nine straight points. Pistons down 1. –

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Sasser hits his second 3 in a row. Pistons cut it to one, 71-70 –

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JD hustlin’ to set Sasser up for the triple –

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Joel Embiid landed awkwardly before that last timeout, but he’s checking back into the game and looks fine. –

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Embiid slid on sweat and fell but it looked like he tweaked the other knee that didn’t slide based on how he walked off.
Sits down on the bench after a timeout. –

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two crummy passes by Batum in a row, and Embiid tried to save one, seemed to tweak that left knee –

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Joel Embiid grabbed his left ankle after pursuing a long entry pass from Nico Batum. Got up and limped to the bench. Timeout Philly. –

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Pistons are only down seven in Philly. Ivey is in one of those stretches where he can’t miss from 3. –

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J😱EL EMBIID. –

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Bogdan Bogdanovic has knocked down at least one three-pointer in 87 straight games, tied with Buddy Hield (87, 11/3/19-2/3/21) for the eighth-longest such streak in NBA history. –

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a human highlight reel. 📽 –

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Halftime: Sixers 64, Pistons 52. Ivey (17 points, 6-9 overall, 4-5 from 3) and Fournier (15 points, 5-6 overall, 3-4 from 3) have carried. Pistons are shooting 50% overall and 7-15 from 3, but also have nine turnovers –

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HALFTIME: 76ers 64, Pistons 52.
Ivey with 17 points, Fournier 15.
Pistons have nine turnovers for 10 Philly points. –

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Halftime: Sixers 64, Pistons 52. Embiid with 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting, six assists and three rebounds. Harris with 10 points and nine rebounds. The Sixers have forced 9 turnovers and have 15 second-chance points. –

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Embiid at half:
20 PTS
6 AST
3 STL
Picked up right where he left off. –

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Halftime: Sixers 64, Pistons 52
Joel Embiid has 20 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists at the break, though the biggest news of the night for Philly is De’Anthony Melton playing seven second quarter minutes in just his sixth game in 2024 and first in over a month. –

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Sixers lead 64-52 at the half. Embiid has 20 points and six assists. Harris with 10 points and nine rebounds. Oubre with seven points. –

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Tonight’s Woz fact of the day:
Pascal Siakam ranks fifth in career points at Toronto.
He trails only DeMar DeRozan, Chris Bosh, Kyle Lowry and Vince Carter. –

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Allowing a 37.4 percent 3-point shooter to take comfortable, in-rhythm 3s is a choice.
One too many the Pistons are allowing Embiid to take. –

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Embiid up to 20 points on 7-9 shooting, 2-4 on threes. –

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Ivey is red hot. 17 points, 6-7 overall, 4-4 from 3 in 13 minutes. Pistons are hanging around despite the rough start –

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The Pistons have committed roughly 1200 turnovers this season and have forced opponents into roughly 970 turnovers. –

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Fournier 50-ball 👀👀 –

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Well, Fournier’s cooking. Just hit his third 3 and has 11 points in five minutes –

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De’Anthony Melton is checking in for his first game action since February. –

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KJ Martin (left great toe contusion) will not play tonight. –

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After 1: Sixers 30, Pistons 22
10-2-2 for Joel Embiid, and De’Anthony Melton is now checking in for the first time since late February to start the second quarter. –

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END OF 1Q: 76ers 29, Pistons 22.
Detroit is lucky to only be down seven. Philly is 1-8 from 3.
Horrible off-ball defense from the Pistons.
Ivey leads all scorers with 11 points (3 turnovers). Hitting the 3-ball. –

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End of 1: Sixers 30, Pistons 22. Council knocked down a corner 3 at the buzzer, but it looked like his foot was on the line. Regardless, Pistons are lucky to not be down double-digits.
Ivey has 11 points on 4-5 shooting, but also has three of Detroit’s five turnovers –

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Sixers say KJ Martin will not play tonight because of a left great toe contusion. –

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KJ Martin (left great toe contusion) will not play tonight –

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Sixers say KJ Martin won’t play tonight because of a toe bruise. –

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Council with a corner three at the buzzer to put the Sixers up 30-22 after one quarter. Embiid with 10 points. Harris with six points and five rebounds. The Sixers have made just 1 of 8 three-pointers. –

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KJ Martin will not play tonight due to a “left great toe contusion” according to the Sixers –

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KJ Martin has a left great toe contusion and will not play tonight, the Sixers say. –

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A Ricky Council three at the buzzer gives the Sixers a 30-22 lead over the Pistons at the end of 1.
Joel Embiid leads the way with 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, including a gorgeous bounce pass to a cutting Oubre. He was a +8 in his nearly 9 minute first quarter stint. –

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Sixers 30, Pistons 22 at the end of the first, after Council buries a three-pointer at the buzzer. Both teams shooting around 40 percent, but the Sixers have an 18-11 rebounding edge and have forced five turnovers. Embiid with 10-2-2. –

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Impressive poise and patience there shown by Ricky Council IV as he waited for the shot to create itself. He drills a corner triple at the buzzer. Philly leads 30-22 after 1. Joel Embiid has 10. –

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Pistons have played bad defense 95 percent of the season. They’ll have given up more points in an opening quarter than they will in this one.
With that said, Philly has close to 10 points right at the rim, uncontested. Just ball watching everywhere. Pretty bad stuff. –

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Hot start for Ivey: 11 points on 4-5 shooting (2-2 from 3). He’s responsible for 13 of Detroit’s 17 points –

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Jeff Dowtin is getting minutes before Melton. –

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Nice ovation for Ricky Council, who is getting first-quarter minutes tonight after his big boost down the stretch in Sunday’s win at San Antonio. –

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First quarter Ricky Council minutes coming up FYI –

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Pistons call a TO after Harris’ dunk puts the Sixers up 14-6 with 6:12 left in the first quarter. Harris and Joel Embiid leads all scorers with six points. Harris also has four rebounds after missing the last three games. –

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Pistons can’t make a pass in the lane and can’t stop Philly from making a pass in the lane. –

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Tobias Harris with a slam and Philly leads it 14-6. Harris and Joel Embiid have 6 points each to lead the way at the moment. Timeout Monty Williams. –

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Erratic start for the Pistons. Four turnovers in six minutes, and Duren already has two fouls. Only down six points, so far –

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Embiid draws two quick fouls Jalen Duren, leading to an early trip to the bench for the Philly product. –

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We already have a clock issue to start Sixers-Pistons, so we all get to have more loud bass thumped into our heads than normal to open the game –

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Some pregame reading before …where tiebreakers, standings and the race for 7-10 in the play-in tournament stand with 3-4 games left.
BOS-MIL, DET-PHI, IND-TOR, MIA-ATL, ORL-HOU,NYK-CHI could all swing the standings drastically tonight: –

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Cade Cunningham will miss his fourth-straight game tonight –

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vs. starters:
Batum
Harris
Embiid
Oubre Jr.
Payne –

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Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris and De’Anthony Melton are all available for tonight’s game.
With Maxey and Lowry out, Payne, Oubre, Batum, Harris and Embiid are your starters. –

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Embiid Harris and Melton are in.
Starters:
Batum
Harris
Embiid
Oubre Jr.
Payne –

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De’Anthony Melton will not start, but will play, tonight against Detroit. –

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Sixers starters:
Cam Payne
Kelly Oubre Jr.
Tobias Harris
Nico Batum
Joel Embiid –

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Joel Embiid (left knee injury recovery), Tobias Harris (left knee contusion), and De’Anthony Melton (lumbar spine bone stress) are AVAILABLE. –

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Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris, and De’Anthony Melton are officially available tonight –

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Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris, and De’Anthony Melton WILL play tonight. –

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Embiid, Harris and Melton are available tonight vs. the Pistons. –

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No Cade tonight, I’m told. –

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On Today’s @lockedonlions Podcast: Will the Detroit Lions hit that 50 number with Jared Goff?
Audio: …
Video: –

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Sixers forward Tobias Harris will play tonight vs. the Pistons. –

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Kyle Lowry (left knee effusion) and Tyrese Maxey (left hip tightness) are OUT for the –

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Kyle Lowry (left knee) and Tyrese Maxey (left hip) are both out for tonight’s game against the Pistons. –

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Sixers say Tyrese Maxey (hip tightness) and Kyle Lowry (knee swelling) are both OUT tonight. TBD on the others who were listed as questionable. –

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Tyrese Maxey and Kyle Lowry are both out tonight, Sixers say. –

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Sixers say Kyle Lowry (knee) and Tyrese Maxey (hip) won’t play tonight against Detroit. –

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Kyle Lowry (left knee effusion) and Tyrese Maxey (left hip tightness) are out –

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Tyrese Maxey (left hip) and Kyle Lowry (left knee) are out, Sixers say. –

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Lowry and Maxey are both OUT tonight –

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Tobias Harris (knee) will play tonight vs. the . –

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Nick Nurse: De’Anthony Melton would be “very limited” if he returns tonight. Status for all of Sixers’ questionable players still TBD vs. Detroit. –

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Nick Nurse says he’s hoping that De’Anthony Melton will play tonight, in a limited capacity. They won’t know for sure if he will play until after he completes his pregame routine. –

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x @WWE… this Thursday & Friday exclusively at @LCArena_Detroit –

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back at home. 🏡
pres. by @betway –

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Joel Embiid is top 10 in mid-range buckets.
He’s only played 37 games. –

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