In the hours leading up to their matchup with the OKC Thunder, the Philadelphia 76ers saw their pool of available players slowly dwindle. By the time starting lineups were announced, Nick Nurse had just nine players at his disposal.

It’s not healed, and he’s still feeling some stuff there.” Farcical as the nine-man 76ers seemed – the Thunder led by 16 after one quarter, shooting 70 percent from the field – it made some basketball sense.

The Philadelphia 76ers came limping into tonight's game against the Western Conference's best team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Sixers had only nine players available and none of them included their three stars Joel Embiid,