ORLANDO–The injury woes may be continuing for the Philadelphia 76ers who are already down three starters and a key bench player as they move forward as a group.
The Sixers were able to come away with a 107-99 win over the Orlando Magic on the road on Friday night, they may have now lost another starter due to injury.
PJ Tucker, who had five rebounds, and was scoreless again in 23 minutes of play, did not play in the fourth quarter of the win. He played 8:13 in the third quarter and that was it for him on the night.
“PJ, I don’t know what it was, I think it was his ankle or something, couldn’t go so we didn’t have anybody to guard (Paolo) Banchero anymore,” said coach Doc Rivers.
When asked for clarification of the injury, Rivers want sure of it.
“I don’t know what it was, to be honest. I just knew they told me when he went out,” said Rivers. “He told me he had to come out and so I haven’t checked, but we’ll see what’s going on.”
The Sixers then announced that Tucker has left ankle soreness.
There’s the PJ update https://t.co/NsS4z3WioT
— Ky Carlin (@Ky_Carlin) November 26, 2022
The Sixers will have a day of rest before they take on the Magic again in Orlando on Sunday evening.
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