Nick Nurse spoke to reporters postgame about his team's loss on Friday. "We struggled in the mid pick and roll defense... It's a five-man job to guard the screen and roll, but a lot of it at the point of attack wasn't good either.

The first questions posed during Nick Nurse’s pregame news conference were about a player who never stepped on the court Friday. Yet the trickle-down effects of rookie standout Jared McCain’s meniscus surgery — which the 76ers announced on Thursday night would officially end his 2024-25 season — were apparent during a brutal 123-115 loss to the shorthanded,

It was another game and another defeat for the Philadelphia 76ers to take their record to 15-27. Not only will the loss hurt though but the manner of it as well. They lost 144-109 to the Denver Nuggets.