Is Joel Embiid playing today? Latest injury news for 76ers star with possible return timeline originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Philadelphia 76ers took care of business in the play-in tournament to secure the Eastern Conference’s No. 7 seed.
That earned them a matchup with the 2-seed Boston Celtics on Sunday to open the official playoffs. It’s a marquee matchup full of big names on both sides. But it won’t quite be at full throttle due to a Joel Embiid ailment.
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Is Joel Embiid playing today? Embiid won’t be playing on Sunday against the Celtics. He was already ruled out on the NBA’s official injury report heading into Sunday.
Why isn’t Joel Embiid playing today? Embiid is out on Sunday due to injury. He’s actually recovering from an appendectomy, which is exactly what’s listed on the NBA’s report.
When is Joel Embiid coming back? Embiid’s return is still uncertain. He had his surgery on April 9. A social media injury analyst shared that the average time it takes an NBA player to come back from an appendectomy is 23 days. That would take Embiid to the start of May — only Game 7 of 76ers-Celtics is scheduled next month (May 2).
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