PHILADELPHIA — The directive much of this season from Nick Nurse to Jabari Walker has been to shoot.

Not just because the 23-year-old power forward’s shot threat is a potent spacing threat for the driving of the Philadelphia 76ers’ guards. Not because it’s something to do out there on the offensive end. Certainly not because Walker is only hitting on 27.3 percent of his shots this season.

It’s mainly because Walker shot 38.9 percent last season with the Portland Trail Blazers and was brought to Philadelphia for his mix of floor-stretching and rebound-grabbing.

“Tremendously,” Walker said of the motivational assist after he hit a pair of 3s in a 10-point, 12-rebound night to key the rout of Washington on Tuesday. “It doesn’t get any better than that, the head coach telling me to shoot th

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