The Brooklyn Nets-Philadelphia 76ers matchup at the Barclays Center on Tuesday night had serious potential to be the ugliest game of the NBA season.
The Nets hobbled into action missing Day’Ron Sharpe, as well as Cam Thomas and Ben Simmons for the fifth straight game. Even Lonnie Walker and Mikal Bridges, who did play, were harboring minor injuries they’d sustained one night earlier. Worse yet, Cam Johnson went down with a right ankle sprain after just eight first-half minutes...
Refs have deemed this a flagrant foul on Kyle Lowry ... Cam Johnson went down after landing awkwardly on his right ankle, but got up under his own power, taking the FT now: pic.