The Philadelphia 76ers game against the Denver Nuggets will be played on Saturday according to the schedule, sources told ESPN, after several Sixers players took part in following the contacts.
The 76ers are expected to have nine players eligible for the game, including: Joel Embiid, Danny Green and Paul Reed, sources added to ESPN.
The approval of the health and safety protocol does not guarantee that Embiid will play on Saturday, but only that he will be considered an eligible player for the eight needed for Philadelphia to avoid postponement.
Several Sixers, including Tobias Harris, Matisse Thybulle, Shake Milton and Vincent Poirier, remain in compliance with health and safety protocols and will continue to be quarantined indefinitely.
Saturday afternoon’s game had the chance to be the second postponement of the game related to the coronavirus in the NBA season, due to the common approach of some players from the 76ers to protect Seth Curry, who gave positive results to COVID . -19.
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Sixers also had a positive staff test on Friday, a source told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.
Denver has its own COVID-19 problems. The Nuggets flew to Philadelphia on Friday without the talented young striker Michael Porter Jr., who remains out of health and safety protocols indefinitely.