NEW YORK — Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse was away from the staff Tuesday forward of Recreation 2 of its second-round playoff sequence towards the New York Knicks to attend the funeral of his brother.
Nurse’s brother Steve Nurse, 62, died unexpectedly final Wednesday. Nick Nurse left the staff following Philadelphia’s 137-98 loss to open the second spherical towards the Knicks on Monday for the service on Tuesday in Ankeny, Iowa.
Nurse is anticipated to rejoin the Sixers for Recreation 2 on Wednesday evening at Madison Sq. Backyard.
“I would prefer to cross my condolences alongside to Nick Nurse and his household, his brother’s household and all their mates,” Knicks coach Mike Brown mentioned on the staff’s coaching middle in suburban Greenburgh. “Life is valuable and you do not want that upon anyone, so I would prefer to cross alongside my condolences to him and his household whereas they are going by means of these instances.”
