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Philadelphia 76ers list seven players as questionable vs. Denver Nuggets due to health and safety protocols

The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to have multiple players miss time due to contact tracing and are still awaiting results of Friday's coronavirus testing, sources told ESPN.

Those players were in close contact with Seth Curry, who sources say returned a positive test on Thursday.

The Sixers listed seven players as questionable for their scheduled home game against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday due to health and safety protocols: Joel Embiid, Danny Green, Tobias Harris, Shake Milton, Matisse Thybulle, Vincent Poirier and Paul Reed.

Curry, Terrance Ferguson, Furkan Korkmaz and Mike Scott have already been ruled out.

The team learned of Curry's positive test near the start of its 122-109 loss to the Nets in Brooklyn on Thursday night, sources said.

Curry, who sat out Thursday's game with left ankle soreness, spent the first quarter on the bench, before the Sixers were made aware of a positive test, sources said. He was wearing a mask and was seated next to assistant coach Sam Cassell and Embiid.

Curry then exited the court area and headed into isolation. He left the Barclays Center separately from the team. The Sixers stayed overnight in New York.