Tyrese Maxey is set for an extended absence.
The All-Star Philadelphia 76ers guard has a tendon injury in his right pinkie and will be re-evaluated in three weeks, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports.
The news is a blow for the 76ers as they fight to make the playoffs. The 76ers entered Monday in eighth place in the Eastern Conference at 34-30. They have a 6.5-game cushion over the 11th-place Milwaukee Bucks (27-36), who would be the first team to miss the play-in tournament if the postseason started today.
Philadelphia is 1.5 games behind the sixth-place Orlando Magic (35-28) who would be the last team in the East to avoid the play-in and clinch a guaranteed playoff spot.
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