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A day after needing only 13 minutes to foul out of an exhibition against Charlotte, Lavoy Allen contended Friday that the left knee that’s nagged him throughout preseason is OK. His coach said otherwise.

“I think he’s still, well, I know he’s still not at 100 percent,” 76ers coach Brett Brown said of Allen, following practice at PCOM.

Allen, who started Thursday in the Sixers’ 110-84 loss to the Bobcats, grabbed three rebounds and went scoreless before exiting with six personals.

The third-year forward said it takes him more than an hour to get his knee warmed up before practices and games. Allen said the injury stems from the opening days of training camp, when he tweaked it and woke up the next morning with it swollen. He said it dates to Sept. 9 and that, after rushing back, it took on more fluid. He said he’s had it drained once.

“Just trying to get my conditioning back. I sat out for a while,” Allen said, regarding expectations for the rest of the preseason.

Allen will make a little more than $3 million this season, the final year in a two-year deal with the Sixers. After averaging 5.8 points and 5.0 rebounds last season, Allen is looking for answers. And consistency. And health. And maybe not in that order.

“Still have a little bit of time,” Allen said. “It’s a long season. I’ve got a lot of time.”

Ex-Sixers coach Doug Collins said Allen, a low-key kind of guy, struggled with getting amped up to play. He commonly referred to “a motor” in Allen that, once started, led to improved play.

Allen said an internal motor isn’t the issue.

“I don’t really understand what that means,” he said. “I took human anatomy before. I don’t remember any motors being in there. I’m not sure. Maybe it’s changed. Maybe we evolved.”

But if it’s not the motor, then it must be the knee.

“Not really,” he said, “once I get it warmed up and everything.”

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The box score from Monday night’s game said the attendance at Wells Fargo Center hit four figures. The feel of the place and the look of it, at times, felt like much fewer than that.

Officially, 6,315 fans watched the 76ers fall, 127-97, to the Brooklyn Nets. Unofficially, if you asked Evan Turner, it wasn’t nearly that many.

“I mean, I didn’t really expect anybody to be out there. It’s preseason,” Turner said.

It’s not easy to play in front of a mostly empty arena. That being said, Turner thinks the Sixers are a regular-season winning streak away from luring back fans.

“You’ve got to hit a hot streak and give the fans a reason to come out,” he said. “We have to build up the excitement. If you build it, they will come, you know?”

The Sixers, who have the day off Tuesday, will hit the practice floor Wednesday before flying to Charlotte for Thursday’s 11 a.m. preseason game against the Bobcats.

The 76ers will host the Boston Celtics at the University of the Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center in a Friday, Oct. 11 preseason game, the team announced Friday.

The Carpenter Center is the home of the Sixers' new D-League affiliate, the Delaware 87ers.

"We're thrilled to welcome the Sixers to campus for a preseason game," UDel president Patrick Harker said in a statement.

"This game is about the Sixers' and the Sevens' continued commitment to Delaware and the great basketball fans across the state," Sixers CEO Scott O'Neil said in the release.

The remainder of the Sixers' preseason slate has yet to be unveiled. Their regular-season schedule will come out Tuesday, when the NBA releases the schedules for all 30 teams.