Markelle Fultz took over the starting point guard role as a result of Ben Simmons missing the game against the Detroit Pistons, yet curious substitutions from Brett Brown limited the effect he had on the game. He only played 20 minutes, but he hit one of his two three-point attempts, dropping 13 points, six rebounds, and one assist.
T.J. McConnell came off the bench to play 32 minutes in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ overtime loss to the Pistons, and Brown, for some absurd reason, put him on the floor over Fultz late in the fourth quarter and for all of OT.