In what’s been a primary half to neglect for the 76ers, their greatest star suffered one more harm blow.
Joel Embiid, who exited Friday’s 121-107 loss to the Pacers after two quarters, was revealed to have suffered a sinus fracture.
The crew mentioned Embiid will probably be re-evaluated over the weekend.
A timeline to return will not be but clear.
Within the waning seconds of the primary half, the Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin went up for a rebound to catch his personal miss, and in doing so, unintentionally whacked Embiid within the face.
Embiid went right down to the ground, ultimately strolling off with a towel masking his face.
He didn’t return to the sport, ending with 12 factors, 5 assists and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes.
This 12 months began with Embiid coping with a knee difficulty that saved him off the courtroom till November.
He was additionally suspended three video games for shoving a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist.
All advised, he has suited up in simply six video games this 12 months, and the 76ers have struggled, sitting in twelfth within the Jap Convention with a 7-16 file.
Embiid, in November, ripped his critics who’ve spoken out about his sturdiness considerations.
He opened up about two earlier orbital fractures and his April revelation that he was battling a light case of Bell’s palsy.
“I’ve damaged my face twice. I got here again early with the danger of dropping my imaginative and prescient,” Embiid advised reporters on Friday. “…Once I see individuals saying, he doesn’t need to play, I’ve carried out means an excessive amount of for this metropolis, placing myself in danger for individuals to be saying that. I do suppose it’s bulls–t … I’ve carried out means an excessive amount of for this f–king metropolis to be handled like this.”
