> **Nick Nurse says “there might be a chance” that Kelly Oubre Jr plays in about a week but that they have to make sure he responds well against contact in the on-court drills**
> Nick Nurse says they don’t know how Oubre will respond to contact in practice in the coming days, but wouldn’t rule out the possibility that he would be available to return in a week.
>Says the plan is for Joel Embiid to play both games in this **back-to-back.**
> **Nick Nurse: If Sixers are up late in the fourth tonight, will keep pushing for best possible point differential because of in-season tourney implications.**
IEatDeFish
So turns out everyone is taking the mid season tournament seriously lol
darcy1537325
Be nice if we translated that on the court. Half time and we look offfffff
martymoran
Dino412
Only problem is we gotta win all the games first before worrying about point differential. Oh well.
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> **Nick Nurse says “there might be a chance” that Kelly Oubre Jr plays in about a week but that they have to make sure he responds well against contact in the on-court drills**
https://x.com/nbakrell/status/1727097617912664242?s=46
> Nick Nurse says they don’t know how Oubre will respond to contact in practice in the coming days, but wouldn’t rule out the possibility that he would be available to return in a week.
>Says the plan is for Joel Embiid to play both games in this **back-to-back.**
https://x.com/noahlevick/status/1727097696065036573?s=46
[Levick]
> **Nick Nurse: If Sixers are up late in the fourth tonight, will keep pushing for best possible point differential because of in-season tourney implications.**
So turns out everyone is taking the mid season tournament seriously lol
Be nice if we translated that on the court. Half time and we look offfffff
Only problem is we gotta win all the games first before worrying about point differential. Oh well.