Injured Embiid ‘Uncertain’ for Recreation 1, Says 76ers Coach

CAMDEN. N.J. (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers says NBA MVP finalist Joel Embiid is uncertain for Recreation 1 of the playoff collection in opposition to the Boston Celtics with a sprained proper knee.

Embiid was examined by docs this week and has but to apply forward of Monday’s Jap Convention semifinals opener at Boston.

The Sixers have had the longest break of any NBA staff after they swept the Brooklyn Nets final Saturday. Embiid was damage in Recreation 3 and missed the following sport.

“If I used to be a betting man, I’d in all probability say uncertain for no less than Recreation 1, however we’ll see,” Rivers stated Saturday on the 76ers’ facility in New Jersey. “He has to get higher. He did nothing (right now). Simply wasn’t in a position to and clearly we have been longing for right now.”

The 29-year-old Embiid, from Cameroon, averaged 33.1 factors this season to win his second straight scoring title. He additionally averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a profession excessive with 4.2 assists per sport. He performed in 66 video games, the second-highest whole of his profession.

Embiid missed two video games within the second spherical final yr and one other within the first spherical in 2021 with numerous accidents, on prime of the 2 he missed to start the 2018 playoffs with an orbital fracture and one other in 2019, additionally with a knee drawback.

Embiid averaged 36.8 factors and 11.8 rebounds in 4 video games this season in opposition to the Celtics.

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