What happened
Philadelphia opened Thursday’s preseason game in Brooklyn with Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Jaylen Brown, LeBron James and Joel Embiid starting together for the first time, and the Sixers lost 114-108 to the Nets.
Brown scored 18 points, Maxey added 14 and James posted 10 points, five assists and four rebounds, while Maxey and James sat out the second half and Embiid was turnover-prone in his first preseason action.
This looks like an early rotation test rather than a settled lineup, especially with Anfernee Simons, Dominick Barlow and Adem Bona sidelined. The next preseason game in Boston should provide another clue about how Nurse mixes the regulars and reserves.
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Original reporting: Sixers’ starters dazzle at times, play sloppy at others in preseason loss to Nets — Yahoo Sports ↗