De'Anthony Melton will be available for the first time since Feb. 27, while Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris are slated to play.
Starting guards Tyrese Maxey and Kyle Lowry will miss the 76ers’ game against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night, the team said. De’Anthony Melton will be available to play for the first time since Feb. 27.
Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris will also be available to play against the Pistons, after being listed as questionable. They are projected to start alongside Kelly Oubre Jr., Nico Batum, and Cameron Payne.during Sunday’s victory at the San Antonio Spurs. Before that, though, the All-Star guard missed consecutive games against the Toronto Raptors and Oklahoma City Thunder on March 31 and April 2, respectively. Maxey is averaging a career-high 25.9 points and 6.
Melton was on pace for a career season before his injury, averaging 11.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.6 steals in 36 games while moving into the starting lineup following the James Harden trade. As a disruptive perimeter defender in Nick Nurse’s aggressive system, he was among the NBA’s leaders in steals and deflections before his injury. He has only played in five games since Dec.
The Sixers enter Tuesday’s matchup with a 44-35 record and in seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings. They are a half-game ahead of the eighth-place Miami Heat, and one game behind the sixth-place Indiana Pacers.
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