For the game, the 76ers could be without one of their best players, as Paul George is on the injury report. George has missed each of the previous two games, so this would be his third straight out of action (if he doesn't play).

Gone was Andre Iguodala and the first post-Allen Iverson era. In was Bynum, the final throw of the dice for a young nucleus after having maxed out, in ownership’s estimation, with Iguodala and Elton Brand.