You may not have heard, but the Sixers have dealt with some injuries over the past two months. As they welcome guys back into the lineup, that means easing them in with minutes restrictions to ramp back up into game shape.
Both Kyle Lowry and De’Anthony Melton played one leg and sat the other of the Sixers’ back-to-back this week, the first time either saw game action in the month of February.
Head coach Nick Nurse revealed after Friday’s win against the Cleveland Cavaliers that there was a similar plan in place for Nico Batum, but the game required Philly to break their emergency glass.