Here is a closer look at the history of matchups between the two, including potential games that either Embiid or Jokic were not available to play in.

Joel Embiid has made $266 million in salaries during his NBA career but has missed 400 out of 846 games in the regular season.

Winning league MVP in 2023, Embiid followed that campaign by playing just 39 games the next season. Having already missed 31 games entering Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Embiid is ineligible for season awards due to the league's 65-game minimum rule.

Embiid has reached the playoffs on seven different occasions, and he's still looking for his first NBA title. His longest playoff run came in 2018, when the Philadelphia 76ers were eliminated in the Conference Semifinals.

Former league MVP Joel Embiid has played in just 13 games for the Sixers this season. He’s missed a total of 32 games in 2024-25 and 400 games in his career due to injuries. When healthy, Embiid is one of the top players in the NBA but staying healthy has been an uphill battle.

Joel Embiid has missed 400 regular-season games, nearly half his career. His injury struggles aren’t going away anytime soon.