Thybulle (foot) has entered Thursday's Game 6 against Miami, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.
An odd situation to say the least, Thybulle has finally been deemed active. Thybulle entered the game for the injured Danny Green, who appeared to hurt his left leg after Joel Embed fell onto it early in the first quarter.
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76ers' Matisse Thybulle: Questionable Thursday
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Thybulle is questionable for Thursday's Game 6 against the Heat due to left foot soreness.
Thybulle has had a limited offensive impact early in the second-round series against Miami, averaging 2.8 points in 16.4 minutes per game. If he's unavailable for Game 6, Furkan Korkmaz should see an uptick in playing time.
Thybulle closed with two rebounds, one block and one steal across 21 minutes during Wednesday's 119-103 loss to the Heat.
Wednesday marked the most minutes Thybulle has logged in a postseason game without scoring. Additionally, it marked his first game all season without him attempting a shot. Thybulle finished with a minus-six in the box score and is struggling to offset his offensive ineptitude.
76ers' Matisse Thybulle: Set to miss Game 6 at Toronto
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Barring a change in his vaccination status, Thybulle will not be eligible to play in Thursday's Game 6 at Toronto.
As was the case for a game near the end of the regular season and Games 3 and 4 of the current series, Thybulle cannot play in Toronto due to his status as a non-vaccinated player. There's been no indication that Thybulle plans to become fully vaccinated, so while the Sixers may not issue an official injury report until Wednesday, the expectation is that the defensive ace will not be available. Thybulle struggled through an overall sluggish Game 5 effort by the Sixers, finishing with just two points on 1-of-6 shooting (0-3 3Pt) to go with two rebounds and one steal in 14 minutes off the bench.
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76ers' Matisse Thybulle: Remains out for Game 4
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Thybulle is officially listed as ineligible to play in Saturday's Game 4 in Toronto.
As expected, Thybulle will once again be sidelined in Toronto due to the fact that he's not fully vaccinated. In his absence, Danny Green and Georges Niang are expected to pick up additional minutes.
76ers' Matisse Thybulle: Officially ineligible for Game 3
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Thybulle is officially listed as ineligible to play in Wednesday's Game 3 at Toronto.
Due to the fact that he's not fully vaccinated, Thybulle will be forced to sit out games at Toronto, so he'll miss both Games 3 and 4, as well as Game 6 should it be necessary. For the majority of the regular season, Thybulle's vaccination status was a non-issue, but it quickly became a headline when the defensive-minded wing was unable to play in the Sixers' April 7 matchup with the Raptors in Toronto. At that point, Philadelphia knew it would be without Thybulle for road games in a potential playoff matchup against Toronto, so this is something the team has been bracing for. With Thybulle unavailable, Danny Green and Georges Niang will likely pick up additional minutes.
76ers' Matisse Thybulle: Won't be available in Toronto
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Thybulle will not be available for road games during the Sixers' upcoming Round 1 playoff series against the Raptors due to his vaccination status, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
The 76ers were able to keep this under wraps for almost the entire season, but some red flags were raised when Thybulle was listed as "ineligible" for a game at Toronto this past Thursday. With the fourth-seeded Sixers now locked into a first-round matchup against the fifth-seeded Raptors, Thybulle will be unavailable for games at Toronto, barring a change in his vaccination status. As the higher seed, Philly will get Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 at home, but Thybulle projects to be ineligible for Games 3, 4 and 6, should the series extend that far.
