Joel Embiid briefly left the Philadelphia 76ers Recreation 1 loss to the New York Knicks earlier than halftime with one other left knee harm scare. Embiid landed awkwardly after a dunk and fell to the bottom, whereas grabbing at his left knee. He finally limped off to the locker room.
Embiid returned to play within the second half. He did not have any extra main points with the knee, however the moments the place Embiid does look harm are sufficient to query if he ought to be enjoying.
Philadelphia head coach Nick Nurse mentioned the staff is not contemplating shutting Embiid down for the season. Nurse mentioned, “I do not assume so” when requested if there may be any thought to creating Embiid sit as a result of repeated harm scares. Nurse mentioned Embiid needs to play and to play via any points he has together with his left knee.