Friday at 8:30 p.m., at AT&T Center
The Sixers will try to beat the Spurs in San Antonio for the first time since prevailing, 83-77, on Jan. 3, 2004. That would snap a 13-game road skid to the Spurs. Before that 2004 victory, the Sixers had last won in San Antonio on Jan. 8, 1986.
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Sixers (23-21)
33 Robert Covington SF 6-9 13.5 ppg. 5.8 rpg
9 Dario Saric PF 6-10 14.0 ppg. 7.0 rpg.
21 Joel Embiid C 7-2 23.7 ppg. 10.9 rpg.
7 Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot SG 6-6 6.6 ppg. 1.1 apg.
25 Ben Simmons PG 6-10 16.4 ppg. 7.4 apg.
Coach: Brett Brown (fifth season, 98-274)
Injury report: Markelle Fultz (right shoulder rehabilitation, out); Furkan Korkmaz (Lisfranc fracture, out); JJ Redick (fractured left knee, out); Jerryd Bayless (sore left wrist, questionable).
Spurs (32-18)
1 Kyle Anderson SF 6-9 8.1 ppg 6.1 rpg.
12 LaMarcus Aldridge PF 6-9 22.5 ppg. 8.7 rpg.
16 Pau Gasol C 6-11 10.7 ppg. 8.4 rpg.
14 Danny Green SG 6-6 8.6 ppg. 1.8 apg.
5 DeJounte Murray PG 6-5 6.7 ppg. 2.6 apg.
Coach: Gregg Popovich (22nd season, 1,182-524)
Injury report: Kawhi Leonard (right quadriceps injury, out)
The Spurs have a 57-35 series advantage.
Sunday: 6 p.m., Chesapeake Energy Arena, Sixers at Oklahoma City Thunder
Monday: 8 p.m., BMO Harris Bradley Center, Sixers at Milwaukee Bucks
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., Barclays Center, Sixers at Brooklyn Nets
Next Friday: 8 p.m., Wells Fargo Center, Miami Heat at Sixers
Feb. 3: 7 p.m., Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Sixers at Indianapolis Pacers