Things aren't getting any easier for the Philadelphia 76ers, whose quest for a second win this season will continue in Chicago on Monday night.
The Sixers will be without power forward Nerlens Noel for the game against the Bulls, owing to the corneal abrasion he suffered in his left eye during Sunday's loss to the Toronto Raptors, according to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Noel left the game after being clipped in the eye by the elbow of Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry late in the third quarter and was taken to a nearby hospital. He was the only Sixer who finished the game with a positive plus-minus, registering a plus-3 in 18 minutes of the 20-point defeat.
For the season, Noel is averaging 9.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.4 steals, and a block. Jerami Grant is expected to draw the start in his place.