Why is Joel Embiid sitting out today’s (February 27) game against the Boston Celtics? What time will he return?
Joel Embiid will not be available for the Philadelphia 76ers tonight when they take on the Boston Celtics in a high-profile matchup.
Tonight at the TD Garden, the Philadelphia 76ers and the league-leading Boston Celtics will play in primetime. With Joel Embiid sidelined as he continues to treat his damaged knee, Philadelphia has been losing ground in the standings over the past few weeks, and it looks as though their misery may never end.
The league’s reigning MVP was already injured going into the Sixers game against Golden State on the 6th of February. He gutted it out that game, trying to help his team keep pace with this Celtics team while simultaneously trying to reach the obligatory 65 games needed to be eligible for the MVP trophy and First-Team All NBA for a second straight year.
He played in that game with a brace on that already banged up knee, and things went from bad to worse for him and the Sixers late in that game when he hit the deck trying to recover a loose ball. Johnathan Kuminga dove for the loose ball as well and landed on Embiid’s injured knee sending him limping off to the locker room, and the Cameroonian center hasn’t played since.
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