What happened
Philadelphia’s season-opening win showed its bench can matter, with Anfernee Simons scoring 13 points in 25 minutes and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope adding 10 in 26.
The article also says Dean Wade was questionable after an ankle injury, while Dominick Barlow is out at least two weeks and Tacko Fall remains sidelined.
LINEUP CONTEXT
If Wade returns soon, Nurse gains another spacer; until then, Philadelphia may need Simons and KCP to supply more reserve scoring.
Automated brief based on the linked report. Lineup context is analysis; official starting-five labels come separately from our game data provider.
Original reporting: This year’s Sixers aren’t just their star-studded starting five — Yahoo Sports ↗