Aside from losing big last night, the 76ers also lost two of their more reliable scorers, at least for them. Guard Tony Wroten sprained his ankle and James Anderson injured his back in Chicago on Saturday in Philadelphia’s 103-78 defeat to the hands of the Bulls.
Wrotten’s injury appeared to be the most serious. Underneath the basket, he got tangled with Nazr Mohammed and stepped on the big man’s foot. After doing so, his right ankle rolled badly and he lay on the floor in pain, grabbing his foot.
Despite looking bad, Brett Brown refused to put a timetable on the injury and classified his sixth man as “day-to-day”, according to The Inquirer’s Keith Pompay.
"It's unfair for me to guess [how long he will be out]," Brown said. "As I said . . . that's all we can give right now. It looked bad.
"But in relation to how long, we are just saying day-to-day at this stage."
In 36 games Wroten is averaging 13 points a game in appearances that have mostly come off the bench.
As for Anderson, he injured his back when he was kneed by Chicago’s Cartier Martin. The taller Martin (by one inch) appeared to jump over Anderson, but failed as Anderson was attempting to box him out. Martin instead ended up hitting the fifth-year veteran in the back with his knee.
The outlook on Anderson is much brighter than for Wroten. Anderson is expected to play against the Wizards on Monday in the Martin Luther King Day Jr. day matinee.
As if two injuries were not enough, add Brandon Davies to the list of injured Sixers in their final leg of a back-to-back. Davies dislocated his right pinkie diving for a loose ball in the final minute. Like Wroten and Anderson, Davies was listed as “day-to-day”, but he was seen wearing a wrap on his hand after the game.
