{"id":23211,"date":"2024-02-01T05:24:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T02:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/23211\/76ers-joel-embiid-out-thursday\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T05:24:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T02:24:47","slug":"76ers-joel-embiid-out-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=23211","title":{"rendered":"76ers&#8217; Joel Embiid out Thursday, to have knee evaluated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>76ers&#8217; Joel Embiid out Thursday, to have knee evaluated\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is out for Thursday&#39;s game against the Utah Jazz and will receive further evaluation of his left knee in the next 24 hours, a team official told ESPN&#39;s Adrian Wojnarowski .<\/p>\n<p>Embiid is expected to return to Philadelphia and not rejoin the team in Utah, the official told Wojnarowski.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid injured his left knee in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night&#39;s 119-107 loss to the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>The injury occurred with 4:04 left when Embiid was double-teamed by the Warriors&#39; Jonathan Kuminga and Draymond Green.  After Kuminga knocked the ball away from him, Embiid fell to the ground to retrieve it, and Kuminga then fell to his knee.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1706754286_661_76ers-Joel-Embiid-out-Thursday-to-have-knee-evaluated.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Embiid grabbed the knee and was in visible pain.  He finally got up and limped to the locker room and did not return to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid missed the Sixers&#39; previous two games due to knee soreness.<\/p>\n<p>He finished with 14 points on 5-of-18 shooting, with 7 rebounds, 2 assists and a team-low minus-21 net rating.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid also missed three games earlier in January due to swelling in his left knee.  ESPN&#39;s Ramona Shelburne reported that the injury is something that Embiid and Philadelphia will have to deal with for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid, the reigning NBA MVP, can only miss five more games before becoming ineligible for playoff awards, including All-NBA team honors and MVP, due to the league&#39;s new rule requiring a minimum of 65 matches to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>When healthy, Embiid has continued to perform at an MVP level.  He is the NBA&#39;s leading scorer with 35.3 points per game and averages 11.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists.  He scored a franchise-record 70 points and 18 rebounds on January 22 in a 133\u2013124 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers are 0-4 on their five-game road trip.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kendra Andrews of ESPN and the Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>76ers&#8217; Joel Embiid out Thursday, to have knee evaluated\u060c Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is out for Thursday&#39;s game against the Utah Jazz and will receive further evaluation of his left knee in the next 24 hours, a team official told ESPN&#39;s Adrian Wojnarowski . 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