UPDATE: According to the NBA’s official injury report, Kendall Brown, Jalen Smith, Jaden Springer, and Oscar Tshiebwe are available, but Tobias Harris, Marcus Morris, and Isaiah Wong have been ruled out.
The Philadelphia 76ers will visit the Indianapolis Pacers on Thursday night.
Both teams have released their injury reports for the match (updated as of 3:30 Eastern Time).
Mo Bamba, Robert Covington, Kenneth Lofton Jr., and De’Anthony Melton have all been declared out by the Pacers.
While Marcus Morris and Jaden Springer are both likely, Tobias Harris seems dubious.
Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers’ top player, won’t be available in the interim.
The All-Star guard has missed each of the previous two games, so this will be his third straight out of the lineup.
Kendall Brown, Jalen Smith, Isaiah Wong and Oscar Tshiebwe are all questionable.
NBA’s official injury report
NBA’s official injury report
76ers-Pacers
The 76ers enter the matchup as the third seed in the Eastern Conference with a 29-13 record in their first 42 games.
They are 7-3 over their last ten games and are in the middle of a six-game winning streak.
Most recently, the 76ers beat Victor Wembanyama the San Antonio Spurs by a score of 133-123.
Joel Embiid led the way with 70 points, 18 rebounds, five assists, one steal and one block while shooting 24/41 from the field and 1/2 from the three-point range in 37 minutes of playing time.
As for the Pacers, they are the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference with a 24-20 record in their first 44 games.
They are in the middle of a three-game losing streak and are 4-6 over their last ten games.
Most recently, the Pacers lost to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets by a score of 114-109.
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