";s:4:"text";s:5954:" Joel Embiid won’t return to game vs. Blazers with left ankle injury, per Sixers. "I don't know enough to comment on it. "I'm going to learn more, physically," Brown said.
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid departed Sunday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers near Orlando due to a left ankle injury. Almost as soon as he sat down, however, he got back up and walked out of the bench area and to the locker room.Then, late in the second quarter, he was ruled out for the remainder of the game, before he returned to the bench in the second half.Embiid had two points on 1-for-6 shooting and four rebounds in 5:42 before he exited the game.The Sixers are still coming to grips with the reality that Simmons was replaced in the starting lineup at power forward by Brown said after the game that he still hasn't decided how he will handle minutes for the Sixers in their final three games in Orlando. Aug. 10 (UPI) --Philadelphia 76ers All-Star big man Joel Embiid will miss Tuesday's game against the Phoenix Suns because of a left ankle injury. The … It also does not help that Horford is in foul trouble so that puts more pressure on guys like Norvel Pelle and Kyle O’Quinn who had not yet played inside the bubble. Now more than ever, Al Horford and Tobias Harris need time carry this offense. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 9, 2020. After already losing Ben Simmons due to a knee injury recently, they have now lost their star big man to an ankle injury.Joel Embiid suffered an ankle injury in the first quarter of Sunday’s game with the Portland Trail Blazers and after initially receiving treatment on the bench, he got up and left for the locker room.
After a media timeout with 6:18 to go in the quarter, Embiid slowly walked over to Philadelphia's bench and sat in the assistant coach's seat immediately next to the scorers table. That means coach Brett Brown has to get creative when it comes to his rotations.One of those options is turning to Mike Scott who despite standing at just 6-foot-8 filled in for Embiid on Sunday and he took on Blazers big man Jusuf Nurkic and he held his own. https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/09/joel-embiid-will-not-return-vs-trail-blazers-due-to-left-ankle-injury/ Joel Embiid injured his ankle in the first quarter against Portland and did not return to the game.
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He appeared to be in some pain, grabbing at his left foot and grimacing as he was looked at by the team's training staff.He then was walking around and talking to players and staff, including assistant coach Ime Udoka, and initially went and sat in his seat in the back row of Philadelphia's bench. He is a guy who can get it any way possible and he has stepped his game up even more inside the bubble averaging 30.3 points leading the Suns to a 6-0 start in Orlando.The Philadelphia 76ers will look to put a stop to his scoring rampage, but they will be down one of the game's elite defenders in Ben Simmons and they will also be without Josh Richardson. https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/09/joel-embiid-will-not-return-vs-trail-blazers-due-to-left-ankle-injury/
Joel Embiid appears to land awkwardly and hurts his left ankle. The Sixers have three games left in their seeding game schedule before the playoffs and it would probably... The pressure will now be on rookie Matisse Thybulle to step in and try and...The Philadelphia 76ers are going to be shorthanded going into the playoffs anyway due to the fact that Ben Simmons is most likely done for the season. Coach Brett Brown said after the loss that he did not have an update. It was then announced that the big fella would not return to this one with the injury and that leaves the Sixers undermanned even more and it puts more pressure on Al Horford and Tobias Harris offensively.Joel Embiid will not return to this game with an ankle injury.
It does not help that they are now also missing Joel Embiid due to an ankle injury that complicates things.Embiid suffered the injury on Sunday in the first quarter of their loss to the Portland Trail Blazers and he will be out for Tuesday's matchup with the Phoenix Suns due to the injury. Sign up for the Sixers Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morningThe Philadelphia 76ers will be without big man Joel Embiid for Tuesday's matchup with the Phoenix Suns after he suffered an ankle injury in Sunday's loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. But I do agree ... every time I looked behind the bench, he was into it. https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/09/joel-embiid-will-not-return-vs-trail-blazers-due-to-left-ankle-injury/