Philadelphia: The last 48 hours have been a lot of speculation if the Philadelphia 76ers would be able to play their game on Saturday afternoon against the Denver Nuggets from the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia.
Following the Sixers loss to the Nets on Thursday, news broke about one of their players testing positive for COVID19 during the game
The Sixers spent all day Friday in New York quarantined at their hotel for nearly 24 hours
The team returned to Philadelphia early Saturday Morning not sure if their game will be played
Coming into Saturday morning, no decision was made as of 9AM
Before Noon on Saturday, News came down that the Sixers vs Nuggets will be played as scheduled
So now the question is who will be available to play today
Who is Available to play
Who is out
The Sixers split their 2 games against Denver last year, lost at Denver and won the game here in Philadelphia.
The 1PM update for the 3PM Start
1:15 PM Update from NBA
Sixers coach Doc Rivers has concerns about playing today
More from Doc Rivers about paying today
In Summary, the NBA should have postponed the game but they rather get it in so they dont have to reschedule this game
The 7 players that the Sixers will have for the game is as follows
Tyrese Maxey
Danny Green
Tony Bradley
Paul Reed
Dwight Howard
Dakota Mathias
Isaiah Joe
The game is at 3 PM on NBC Sports Philadelphia & NBA TV