It's the King vs the Fresh Prince as the Philadelphia 76ers travel to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers.
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The Sixers have won seven of their last nine games and will welcome new addition Eran Ilyasova to the mix today after he signed with the team for the remainder of the season after being waived by the Atlanta Hawks.
“You just get excited to have him back,” Brett Brown said today in Cleveland. “It’s not like there’s a mystery to what we’re getting in Ersan, and on the other side of it, there’s no mystery in what he’s getting from us. The experience we all had together was fantastic. I feel that we got better.”
During his 53 games with the Sixers a year ago, Ilyasova thrived, posting a career-high 14.8 points per game (also a career-best 19.6 points per 36 minutes), to go along with averages of 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists. The 6-foot-10, 235-pounder shot 44.0 percent from the field, and, for the first time as a pro, surpassed the century mark for 3-pointers made. He ended the campaign with 142 triples, which he converted at a rate of 35.3 percent.
Welcome back to the squad, Ersan! pic.twitter.com/catzIqagnj
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) March 1, 2018
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Philadelphia 76ers
Time: 12:00pm AEDT, Friday 2 March
Location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
TV: ESPN Aus/NZ
Streaming: NBA League Pass
