Philly center Joel Embiid is expected to miss at least the start of the Eastern Conference semifinals series with Miami.
Joel Embiid’s postseason list of bumps and bruises kept growing on Friday.
The 76ers announced the All-NBA big man had suffered a right orbital fracture and mild concussion during Thursday’s series-clinching Game 6 win at Toronto. Embiid was injured late in Philadelphia’s victory at Toronto on Thursday night when Pascal Siakam drove and made contact with his left elbow.
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Per the team, Embiid will be listed as out for Game 1 of the 76ers’ Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Miami Heat is Monday (7:30 ET, TNT).
The 76ers and Heat both hit the practice floor Saturday to begin the process of adjusting for a playoff series that won’t have Embiid at the start — at minimum. A similar fracture, to his left orbital bone, kept him out for about three weeks late in the 2017-18 season. He needed surgery and missed 10 games, including the first two games of a playoff series against the Heat.
How will Philadelphia adjust without star center Joel Embiid?
Philadelphia coach Doc Rivers provided an update Saturday on his star center’s possible availability for the series.
“There’s hope,” Rivers said.
For now, Philadelphia will cling to that.
“I feel bad for my guy,” said Miami’s Jimmy Butler, who played with Embiid in Philadelphia.
“Obviously, one of my former teammates. Arguably, the MVP of this league. And I think I speak for everybody that’s a part of this team — we want Jo to play. We want to go up against them at full strength and prove that we can hang with anybody and we can beat anybody. It’s a mishap. I hope he recovers well, and gets back very, very soon.”
The amount of time he misses now is, obviously, contingent on the severity of whatever is fractured in the bones around Embiid’s eye. He wore a specially designed mask in 2018 when he returned, even after surgery. The 76ers did not mention surgery in their statement Friday night, which may indicate one isn’t required this time. And there’s also the issue of getting through the NBA’s concussion protocol, though that may only take a few days.
Embiid averaged 26.2 points on 52% shooting to go along with 11.3 rebounds in Philadelphia’s first-round series against the Raptors. The Kia MVP finalist, already playing through a torn thumb ligament, is hoping to lead the 76ers to their first conference finals berth since 2001.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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