The Philadelphia 76ers played without their All-Star trio of Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey in a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

While the Philadelphia 76ers planned to be shorthanded against the Oklahoma City Thunder as early as Monday night, the team didn’t anticipate so many absences when they initially submitted their injury report.

The Oklahoma City Thunder head to Wells Fargo Center to face the Philadelphia 76ers in a non-conference matchup. The Thunder are 32-6, which puts them at the top of the Western Conference, with the second best record in all of the NBA. The Sixers are 15-22, which puts them in 11th place in the Eastern Conference.

It’s not healed, and he’s still feeling some stuff there.” Farcical as the nine-man 76ers seemed – the Thunder led by 16 after one quarter, shooting 70 percent from the field – it made some basketball sense.

In the hours leading up to their matchup with the OKC Thunder, the Philadelphia 76ers saw their pool of available players slowly dwindle. By the time starting lineups were announced, Nick Nurse had just nine players at his disposal.