Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Center Joel Embiid sat out the regular season finale with Brooklyn on Sunday after he tweaked his surgically repaired left knee during a game last week.
The Sixers still have a chance to enter the game finishing as high as the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference. They have a chance to finish fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth. Philadelphia’s only path to 5th place is to win and Indiana to lose.
Even against lowly Brooklyn, the road could become more complicated without Embiid.
Embiid hurt his left knee in the final minutes of the first half of Friday night’s game against England. Magic Orlando.
Embiid, who missed 29 games after tearing his meniscus in a Jan. 30 game at golden state, landed awkwardly on a drive down the lane with about 1:40 left in the second quarter. As the game continued, Embiid limped at midfield and gave up. He returned to the game in the second half and finished with 32 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists.
A year after he was named NBA MVP, Embiid finished the season averaging 34.7 points and 11 rebounds in just 39 games.
Associated Press reports.
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