The Sixers ran into more injury trouble on the final stop of their three-game road trip.
Dominick Barlow exited early Saturday night during the Sixers’ win against the Jazz. According to The Athletic’s Tony Jones in Utah, Barlow sprained his left ankle and was ruled out for the rest of the game.
Barlow picked up the injury when he lost the ball on a first-quarter drive. He walked off with a limp at the 8:19 mark of the first.
Sixers head coach Nick Nurse subbed in Jabari Walker to replace Barlow. Trendon Watford started the second half.
The Sixers had another injury scare late in the second quarter when VJ Edgecombe absorbed an accidental shot to the face from Jazz big man Kyle Filipowski, but Edgecombe was back on the floor to begin the third quarter.
The 22-year-old Barlow has been a reliable, high-effort forward in his first year with the Sixers. Originally on a two-way contract, Barlow earned a midseason conversion to a standard NBA deal.
After being sidelined early in the season by a right elbow laceration, Barlow has played in 58 of the Sixers’ past 60 games. Entering Saturday, he’d averaged 8.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.9 steals.
Barlow has been the Sixers’ starting power forward since Paul George was suspended for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy. The final game of George’s 25-game suspension will come Monday night when the Sixers face the Thunder.
In addition to George, the Sixers were without the following players in Utah:
Tyrese Maxey (right pinky finger sprain)
Joel Embiid (right oblique strain)
Kelly Oubre Jr. (left elbow sprain)
Johni Broome (right knee surgery recovery)