Returning their core players, most notably All-Star wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the Celtics are favored to defend their title.
They are in Beantown to face the Boston Celtics in a 5 p.m. tilt at TD Garden . The marquee game will wrap a three-game stretch that started with Saturday’s road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Monday’s home game vs. the San Antonio Spurs.The Sixers have had mixed results in those games. They suffered their worst loss of the season to the NBA’s first-place Cavs before beating the emerging Spurs .
“It seems like the strangeness of the season keeps working its way into things,” Nurse said. “Over the last 10 or 12 games, we’ve played well in most of them. Whatever happens, we just keep on going, and we ended up losing three guys in the end, Joel, , and KJ , both were out of the game late.” As a result, the Sixers went to a small-ball lineup with Guerschon Yabusele at center. The 6-foot-8, 280-pounder matched Spurs 7-3 standout center Victor Wembanyama’s minutes in the second half.
Embiid will return against the Celtics. Drummond, the backup center, is listed as questionable with a sprained left toe. However, Martin, who started the last four games, will be sidelined around two weeks with a stress reaction in his left foot.
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