LOS ANGELES — The Philadelphia 76ers will face the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday to finish a 3-game street journey. The Sixers have misplaced 4 straight and at the moment are 1-6 this season, so Philadelphia will look to finish that skid whereas avoiding an 0-3 street journey.
Tyrese Maxey is out for Friday’s contest with a proper hamstring pressure, however the All-Star guard will likely be re-evaluated in every week. He had 12 factors in opposition to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday earlier than being knocked out within the second half of the loss.
Here is the most recent on Maxey because the Sixers look to advance within the Jap Convention:
Harm replace
Maxey has formally been identified with a proper hamstring pressure. The group confirmed that it was only a pressure, which means that whereas he’ll miss time, he should not miss a lot. The Star Guard will possible take a while to relaxation and return as quickly as he can this early within the season.
Maxey mentioned of his harm in Friday morning’s taking pictures:
“I don’t know precisely the way it occurred, however I felt it at the beginning of the third,” Maxey mentioned. “I saved taking part in making an attempt to see if I may calm down, however I noticed I used to be nonetheless tense and could not actually speed up like I wished to.”
Maxey Timeline
Over the subsequent week, the Sixers will face: the Lakers on Friday, the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday, the New York Knicks on Tuesday and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. Maxey will likely be re-evaluated on November 14 on the one-week schedule, so it stays to be seen whether or not he’ll play on November 15 in opposition to the Orlando Magic or November 18 in opposition to the Miami Warmth on the street.
“It’s a bit irritating, however on the finish of the day, that’s life,” Maxey added. “You have to hold going and battle. I imply, we needed to battle via the Joel (Embiid) stuff. The P (Paul George) stuff and it is simply one thing that we have now to maintain going via. It takes us will make operating higher in the long term.”
Level guard depth behind Maxey
With Maxey sidelined, the Sixers will flip to veterans Kyle Lowry and Reggie Jackson to fill the void. Lowry will possible take over as the start line guard for this group in the intervening time whereas Jackson will look to be the backup level guard and supply much-needed scoring for this bench unit.
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