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The NBA is postponing games left and right which is annoying Sixers fans who feel the league gave the team a raw deal over the weekend.
On Saturday, the NBA went out of its way to pressure the Sixers to play their game against the Nuggets despite the fact they were missing a ton of players due to Covid-19 contact tracing.
No organization wants to play a game w/ eight players, especially against an opponent like Denver. Sixers might prefer postponement, but NBA's under pressure to keep a balanced playing field for each team faced w/ these situations in pandemic. This will be a recurring instance.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 9, 2021
The Sixers were eventually forced to play the Nuggets with only seven players after the NBA insisted the game go forward.
Mike Scott will go through warmups, but is unlikely to play today, sources tells ESPN. Essentially, he's needed to wear a uniform on bench to avoid a forfeit. The Sixers are preparing to play with seven players vs. Denver today.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 9, 2021
To give you a sense of how weird it is to see a 7 man team come out for pregame warmups… #Sixers pic.twitter.com/x4G6v1umEV
— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) January 9, 2021
The league went on to postpone the Heat-Celtics game on Sunday and two more games this week as they try to control the Covid-19 outbreak around the league.
Two NBA games have been postponed: Dallas Mavericks-New Orleans Pelicans tonight and Boston Celtics-Chicago Bulls on Tuesday.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 11, 2021
Sixers fans went on to blast Adam Silver and the league for picking on their team instead of postponing Saturday’s game against the Nuggets.
THEY HATE THE PROCESS
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) January 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/DidTheSixersWin/status/1348690431685627911
Adam Silver literally needs to make a statement about why the #Sixers were forced to play with 7 players but all these other games are postponed.
— Michael K-B (@therealmikekb) January 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/bergerharry/status/1348382403421728768
So uh, why were the Sixers the only team forced to play with under 8 players?
— Hoops Reference (@HoopsReference) January 11, 2021
Good to know that the Sixers were forced to suit up an INJURED PLAYER for a game yesterday just for the league to postpone a game 24 hours later. I repeat, make it make sense.
— Kevin McCormick (@KevinMcCNBA) January 10, 2021
So the Sixers are going to be the only team that the NBA forced to play with 7 players. Interesting. . . . #SixersOutsiders
— Tyrone Johnson (@TyJohnsonNews) January 11, 2021
How can the sixers possibly be forced to play while everyone else’s games get postponed?? Outrageous @NBA
— Lidre (@Lidre_21) January 11, 2021
Where was this energy when it came to the @sixers @NBA ….🦗🦗🦗 hypocrisy https://t.co/ipa7WYVJ8c
— DJ Wall-E (@Remarkablefl0w) January 11, 2021