Philadelphia still isn't saying if Joel Embiid will be able to return from a sprained right knee and play next week in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
will be able to return from a sprained right knee and play next week in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.on Saturday, providing a great opportunity for Embiid to rest up. Embiid, an NBA MVP finalist, missed Game 4 with the knee injury. He has yet to practice ahead of Monday's Game 1 against the winner of the Atlanta-Boston series.
Coach Doc Rivers said Thursday that Embiid was at a doctor's exam while the team practiced at its New Jersey facility.The 29-year-old Embiid, from Yaoundé, Cameroon, averaged 33.1 points this season to win his second straight scoring title. He also averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. He played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career.
Embiid missed two games in the second round last year and another in the first round in 2021 with various injuries, on top of the two he missed to begin the 2018 playoffs due to an orbital fracture and another in 2019, also with a knee problem. Whatever happens in the Hawks-Celtics matchup, Rivers said the extended series has increased the chances of Embiid playing in Game 1 in the next round.
"If we played on Saturday, I don't know how realistic it would have been, so that's a good thing," Rivers said.Copyright © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.
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