NEW ORLEANS — The 76ers are falling apart. There’s no other way to describe the string of bad health affecting a team that, a couple of weeks ago, was the talk of the NBA.
Joel Embiid, the Sixers’ franchise player, was a late scratch from Sunday night’s 131-124 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans with back tightness. And T.J. McConnell sat on the bench in street clothes at Smoothie King Center with a sprained AC joint in his left shoulder. Robert Covington (lower-back contusion) was also sidelined.
Meanwhile, first overall pick Markelle Fultz (shoulder soreness) was in Lexington, Ky.