Sixers host Knicks as season’s second half begins

After over a week off for the All-Star break, Philadelphia 76ers basketball is back in our lives as the Sixers take on the Knicks at home. Philadelphia won’t have any time to ease back into things, as the beginning of the second half of the schedule is an Eliminator-like gauntlet of challenges. Over the course of the next four days, the Sixers will face each of the four teams ahead of them in the Eastern Conference standings: New York tonight, Cleveland tomorrow, Milwaukee on Sunday, and Boston on Tuesday.

At least head coach Nick Nurse should have some reinforcements at hand after the rest period. Tobias Harris is off the injury report and Nic Batum is listed as questionable with his…