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Sixers’ Mike Muscala ruled out for season opener against Celtics

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The 6-foot-11 reserve center, who is battling a sprained left ankle, was ruled out of the game Tuesday morning. Muscala said he's taking it "day by day." However, Sixers coach Brett Brown said he expects Muscala to be sidelined almost two weeks.

"I sprained my ankle about a month ago before the training camp," Muscala said. "So I was kind of dealing with a lot of swelling from that. It wasn't bothering me at all, but I kind of nicked it in the last preseason game" against the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 8 in Shenzhen, China.

"So it's just trying to get it feeling good before the season gets under way.