Overview
- Joel Embiid is listed as questionable for Friday in Chicago with right knee injury management after a brief hyperextension scare in the Nets loss, and he returned to finish that game.
- VJ Edgecombe, Quentin Grimes and Dominick Barlow are questionable due to illness, while Kelly Oubre Jr. (left knee sprain) and Trendon Watford (left adductor strain) are out.
- To curb the spread of the illness affecting the roster, head coach Nick Nurse canceled a shootaround and skipped a planned practice this week.
- Tyrese Maxey, Embiid and Paul George have shared the floor in only three games this season, and the Sixers are 0-3 in those outings.
- Chicago enters on a four-game win streak after a November comeback win over Philadelphia keyed by a Josh Giddey triple-double, and the trip continues against the league-leading Thunder before visits to the Grizzlies, Mavericks and Knicks.