Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid is present process an MRI after the reigning MVP harm his left leg on Tuesday in a 119-107 loss to Golden State Warriors.
Embiid scored 14 factors within the recreation earlier than limping to the locker room with simply over 4 minutes remaining after Golden State’s Jonathan Kuminga fell on the 7-footer’s left leg.
This recreation marked Embiid’s return to motion after a problem along with his left knee which prevented him from enjoying Saturday at Denver — scrapping a extremely anticipated matchup with two-time MVP Nikola Jokic.
“He clearly acquired landed on,” 76ers coach Nick Nurse stated after Wednesday’s recreation. “They’re going to do an MRI tonight or tomorrow. It’s form of unrelated to what’s been bothering him. We simply wait on that.”
Embiid already has missed 12 video games this season, jeopardizing his possibilities of being eligible for a second straight MVP award. The brand new collective bargaining settlement requires gamers, in most situations, to play in 65 regular-season video games to be eligible for awards comparable to MVP or the All-NBA groups.
When wholesome, Embiid has continued to carry out at an MVP stage. He’s the NBA’s main scorer with 35.3 factors per recreation and in addition is averaging 11.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists. He had a franchise-record 70 factors to associate with 18 rebounds on January 22 in a 133-124 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
76ers subsequent performs Thursday at Utah to cap a five-game journey during which it has gone 0-4.