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The Philadelphia 76ers bounced back from their blowout loss to the Boston Celtics to beat the Toronto Raptors, 123-112, on Thursday. The 76ers suffered an injury scare of Joel Embiid, but the star big man was able to return and have a decent game.
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Tacko Fall made a brief cameo as Nick Nurse pulled his starters with one minute left in the game. Jaylen Brown is hoping the 7-foot-6 center can get some more playing time moving forward.
“We need some more tall people. It’d be great to see Tacko get an opportunity,” Brown said, per ESPN’s Kris Rhim.
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Brown and Fall have a history as they were once teammates on the Celtics from 2019 to 2021. But Brown raises a fair point that the Sixers could use a big more size as their frontcourt has been decimated by injuries to start the season. Ariel Hukporti, who was slated to be the team’s backup center, suffered a season-ending Achilles injury. Meanwhile, Adem Bona and Dominick Barlow are both out as well.
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That left 6-foot-7 Jabari Walker as the lone “big man” off the Sixers bench against Toronto. Walker finished with nine points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes.
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Prior to his appearance against the Raptors, Fall had appeared in just one game this season: a three-minute stint against the Cleveland Cavaliers. It remains to be seen whether Nick Nurse will heed Brown’s call for more height in the rotation. But with the Sixers’ current shortage of bigs, coupled with the fact that Embiid is set to miss time during their upcoming back-to-back, Nurse may not have too many options left.
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