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05/05/26 03:15:00
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05/05 14:50 CDT Nick Nurse steps away from 76ers for brother's funeral,
expected back for Game 2 vs Knicks
Nick Nurse steps away from 76ers for brother's funeral, expected back for Game
2 vs Knicks
NEW YORK (AP) --- Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse was away from the team
Tuesday ahead of Game 2 of its second-round playoff series against the New York
Knicks to attend the funeral of his brother.
Nurse's brother Steve Nurse, 62, died unexpectedly last Wednesday. Nick Nurse
left the team following Philadelphia's 137-98 loss to open the second round
against the Knicks on Monday for the service on Tuesday in Ankeny, Iowa.
Nurse is expected to rejoin the Sixers for Game 2 on Wednesday night at Madison
Square Garden.
"I'd like to pass my condolences along to Nick Nurse and his family, his
brother's family and all their friends," Knicks coach Mike Brown said at the
team's training center in suburban Greenburgh. "Life is precious and you don't
wish that upon anybody, so I'd like to pass along my condolences to him and his
family while they're going through these times."
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