What happened
Philadelphia closed its preseason Friday with a 125-120 overtime loss to Boston, and Nick Nurse had VJ Edgecombe sit for rest while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope took his place in the initial starting five.
The main starters stayed in through the third quarter, and the article said the group looked sharper after an uneven opening as the team keeps working on chemistry before the regular season.
This points to a rotation that is still being sorted out, with one starter resting and the replacement getting a first-five look. The timing suggests the staff is still using preseason to build chemistry rather than lock in every role.
Automated brief based on the linked report. Lineup context is analysis; official starting-five labels come separately from our game data provider.
Original reporting: Sixers Bell Ringer: Starters look sharp in Sixers preseason finale — Yahoo Sports ↗