Alexander was awfully close to forgetting the feeling of fourth quarters altogether. Then the Thunder superstar was summoned late Tuesday in perhaps the unlikeliest of games throughout the East Coast trip.

Thanks to injuries and the looming specter of Wednesday’s visit from the New York Knicks, the Sixers were left with a pandemic-like roster of nine available players, with the Western Conference-leading Thunder in town.

The Philadelphia 76ers came limping into tonight's game against the Western Conference's best team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Sixers had only nine players available and none of them included their three stars Joel Embiid,

The Philadelphia 76ers played without their All-Star trio of Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey in a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

It's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder against the shorthanded Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center.

It's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder against Tyrese Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center.