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Video: Sixers pay tribute to Dario Saric, Robert Covington in their first game back in Philly

The Sixers honored the three players sent to Minnesota in the Jimmy Butler trade.

Robert Covington, right, leaps into Dario Saric of the Sixers after Saric hit a key 3-pointer against the Pistons in the 4th quarter at the Wells Fargo Center on Dec. 2, 2017.  CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
Robert Covington, right, leaps into Dario Saric of the Sixers after Saric hit a key 3-pointer against the Pistons in the 4th quarter at the Wells Fargo Center on Dec. 2, 2017. CHARLES FOX / Staff PhotographerRead more--- Charles Fox

Dario Saric, Robert Covington, and Jerryd Bayless returned to the Wells Fargo Center for the first time since the Sixers traded them to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Jimmy Butler deal.

Nearly halfway through the first quarter, they played a tribute video for them.

The fans in attendance gave the trio a standing ovation.

Covington did not suit up for the game, battling a knee injury, but Saric got a standing ovation when he checked into the game for the first time roughly nine minutes into the first quarter.

The Sixers got Butler and injured center prospect Justin Patton in exchange for Saric, Covington, Bayless, and a 2022 second-round pick in November. Since then, the Sixers are 20-10, despite some difficulty with chemistry and on-court fit.