Philly.com · Mar 5, 2016
Depleted Sixers lose 11th straight
Under the circumstances, things could have been much worse for the 76ers.
That's because Elton Brand was the team's only first-round pick to not only play - but suit up - in a 112-102 loss to the Miami Heat on Friday at the Wells Fargo Center.
Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor, Nik Stauskas, Kendall Marshall and Joel Embiid - the team's other players who were chosen in the first round - all missed the game because of illness or injuries. As a result, the Sixers (8-54) dressed only nine players on a night when Brand saw his first action of the season. And two of those players - T.J. McConnell and Hollis Thompson - were on minutes restrictions.
