The Philadelphia 76ers’ game against the Denver Nuggets will be played on Saturday as scheduled, sources told ESPN, after several Sixers players participated in contacts tracking.
The 76ers are expected to have nine players eligible for the game, including: Joel Embiid, Danny Green and Paul Reed, the sources added to ESPN.
The health and safety protocol approval does not guarantee that Embiid will play Saturday, only that it will count as an eligible player for the eight Philadelphia needs to avoid the delay.
Several Sixers, including Tobias Harris, Matisse Thybulle, Shake Milton, and Vincent Poirier, remain on health and safety protocols and will be quarantined indefinitely.
Saturday afternoon’s game had the chance to be the second coronavirus-related game postponement of the NBA season, due to the shared proximity of some 76ers players to protect Seth Curry, who tested positive for COVID -19.
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The Sixers also had a positive test from an employee on Friday, a source told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.
Denver has its own COVID-19 issues. The Nuggets flew to Philadelphia on Friday without the talented young attacker Michael Porter Jr., who will remain outside of health and safety protocols indefinitely.