Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishMIAMI — The Philadelphia 76ers have three games left in the 2024-25 season following a loss to the Miami Heat on Monday night. They are looking to just get to the finish line and look to move forward into what will likely be an uncertain offseason.With three games left, the Sixers are looking to develop their younger players on the court. Somebody like rookie Adem Bona, for example, has been getting starter’s minutes as he looks to move forward and develop his overall game. The second-round pick out of UCLA has been terrific as a shot blocker and is clearly taking steps forward on the offensive end as a lob threat.In these final games, coach Nick Nurse explained what he wants to see from Bona as time moves on.”Just continue to keep doing what he’s doing,” Nurse said before the loss to the Heat. “Again, my thing with him is can he continue to do it on a nightly basis? I think his plate’s pretty full right now. He’s starting. He’s playing huge minutes. He’s been against some of the best big guys in the league this week.”To Nurse’s point, Bona has had to battle against the likes of Brook Lopez, Bam Adebayo, Rudy Gobert, Naz Reid, Julius Randle, and Kel’el Ware in recent weeks. All of those guys are either much taller than Bona or, obviously, have the experience advantage over him. Yet, he continues to play well and give the Sixers a presence in the paint.”He’s giving away about four or five or six inches to some of those guys and he keeps battling them,” Nurse added. “But that’s good for him and just see if he can do that for the rest of this week.”Bona will see Rookie of the Year candidate Alex Sarr of the Washington Wizards on Wednesday before facing Onyeka Okongwu of the Atlanta Hawks on Friday and Chicago Bulls All-Star Nikola Vucevic on Sunday. It’s a nice run of games for him to see where he’s at as the season comes to a close.
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