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Ben Simmons “Expected to be Day-to-Day” With Left Knee Injury

Kevin Kinkead

By Kevin Kinkead

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via NBCSP broadcast

Ben Simmons left Wednesday’s game after tweaking his left knee about midway through the third quarter. He didn’t return.

Shams Charania is reporting some good news for Sixers fans, that an MRI revealed nothing serious:

Chris Haynes and Adrian Wojnarowski reported that there is no swelling and no pain in the knee, so there’s another bit of good news. Simmons was 2-10 with eight points, six rebounds, four assists, and two steals when he walked off the floor. He got to the foul line eight times, hit four of those tries, and shot an open corner three early in the first quarter that did not go in, but looked smooth and natural, shot without hesitation.

Sixers play tomorrow and Friday against Orlando and Portland, then they’ll finish out their seeding games against Phoenix, Toronto, and Houston. They’re one game behind Indy, two games behind Miami, and do not have either tiebreaker against those squads. If the playoffs began today, it would be Philly/Boston in round one as the 6/3 game.

Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com

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