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Yabusele has career night but Sixers drop a thriller to KD, Suns in PG’s debut

Well, they did look like an NBA basketball team tonight.

The Sixers fell 118-116 in a nail-biter to the Phoenix Suns Monday night.

Paul George made his Sixers debut, and looked like a damn good basketball player shaking the rust off — and boy did this team need that. He finished with 15 points, shooting 4-of-14 from the field, unable to hit a jumper in the closing seconds to send the game to overtime. With the plan to keep him on a light minutes restriction, he played just under 32 minutes tonight.

Paul George will be on a light minutes restriction tonight, says Sixers head coach Nick Nurse.