C Nerlens Noel had 14 points, 16 rebounds and a career-best seven steals Thursday.

C Nerlens Noel added 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots for the Sixers, who improved to 9-56.

PHILADELPHIA -- Seldom-used forward Carl Landry scored 16 points as the depleted Philadelphia 76ers hung on to beat the Brooklyn Nets 95-89 on Friday night, snapping a 13-game losing streak.Nerlens Noel added 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots for the Sixers, who improved to 9-56. The NBA's worst team, they can no do no worse than equal the worst full-season record in league history, the 9-73 mark of Philadelphia's 1972-73 team.The Sixers, whose last victory had come over the Nets on Feb. 6, never trailed. They led by 19 points in the second quarter, 15 in the third and 11 with 6:46 left in the game.They did so despite the continuing absence of rookie center Jahlil Okafor. The team announced earlier in the day that he would require knee surgery and miss the rest of the season.The Sixers also lost three players to injury in the third quarter, and saw Brooklyn creep within four, 87-83, on a 3-pointer by Wayne Ellington with 4:16 left in the game.Landry then sandwiched baskets... [More]

C/F Nerlens Noel chipped in 16 points and 11 rebounds in the 76ers' loss to the Magic on Tuesday.

PF Nerlens Noel had only four points and five boards in 19 minutes Sunday.

PF Nerlens Noel scored a season-high 24 points, converting 10-of-15 field goal attempts against the Pelicans on Friday. The 76ers' rebounding leader with 8.2 per game added nine rebounds and four assists.

F Nerlens Noel returned to Philadelphia's starting lineup Friday after missing the final game before the All-Star break and the Rising Stars Challenge with right knee tendinitis.

C Nerlens Noel will not play in the Rising Stars Challenge on Friday due to tendinitis in his right knee.

C Nerlens Noel had 20 points and seven rebounds in the loss Wednesday. Noel had his second 20-point game of the season but had difficulty keeping C Andre Drummond away from the boards."I've been playing against him since I was 15 years old," Noel said. "I definitely look at it as a challenge every time I go against him. He's a high-caliber player that can do a lot of things on the court."

F Nerlens Noel contributed 14 points, nine rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals Tuesday.

F Nerlens Noel started after sitting out the second half of last Wednesday's victory in Orlando with blurred vision. He ended with 12 points and nine rebounds.

F Nerlens Noel didn't play in the second half because of a migraine headache and dizziness. He left the game earlier with a slight ankle sprain, but he returned to finish the first half.

PF/C Nerlens Noel blocked 16 shots in the previous five games entering Wednesday night.

F Nerlens Noel scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Monday.

C Nerlens Noel and C Jahlil Okafor will continue to play in tandem, coach Brett Brown said, even though Noel is more comfortable playing in the middle, as was the case last season. "I can't quit on that now," Brown said. "(Noel is) just 21. ... I feel like Nerlens Noel has made the most sacrifices out of anybody. ... To think we're going to say, 'You're never going to play a (power forward) spot at 21 years old isn't really fair to anybody, especially you.'"Noel contributed 12 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots Sunday in a loss to Cleveland.

C Nerlens Noel had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the 76ers. "They got hot," said Noel, who also had three blocks and three steals. "They got some open looks. If you're an NBA player, you can knock those down and get streaky."

F Nerlens Noel scored a season-high 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Philadelphia.Noel has started three consecutive games at the position for the 76ers but is expected to go back to his usual power forward spot when C Jahlil Okafor returns to the starting lineup.

C Nerlens Noel had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers (1-28), who have dropped 10 straight following their lone win of the season.

C Nerlens Noel missed his second straight game on Wednesday night with a left corneal abrasion.

C Nerlens Noel missed Monday's game and is not expected to play Wednesday after sustaining a left eye corneal abrasion Sunday."It's not as significant as we guessed," coach Brett Brown said prior to the game.