The Philadelphia 76ers have ruled out Mike Scott ahead of their matchup against the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night. The forward suffered a left knee contusion in Philly’s blowout win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday. Scott will be re-evaluated over the next few days.
Saturday’s game will be the first 2020-21 contest Scott has missed. The forward is averaging 16 minutes per game off the bench under head coach Doc Rivers, which is only a slight down-tick from the amount of time he averaged under Brett Brown over the course of 68 games last season (17.