Joel Embiid is habitually injured, habitually unavailable and habitually out of shape Joel Embiid. And the Knicks tried to trade for him.
Nick Nurse didn’t spend much time trying to reconcile a timeline of Joel Embiid’s foot injury that doesn’t appear to make much sense.
In the second half, the Sixers showed signs of the team they were supposed to be without Joel Embiid. But their dreadful first half sunk them to 15-24.
Jalen Brunson scored 16 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and Josh Hart had the 11th triple-double of his career as the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 125-119 on Wednesday night.
The Sixers used a huge third quarter to get themselves back into the game and force overtime but couldn’t come up with enough plays in OT to beat the Knicks Wednesday.
The Sixers' loss to the last-place New Orleans Pelicans hurts even more when taking a look at the opponents they will face in the week to come.
For the game, the 76ers will be without their best player, as 2023 MVP Joel Embiid has been ruled out. Embiid has missed each of the previous four games, so this will be his fifth straight out of ...
The Philadelphia 76ers have some question marks in terms of who will be available tonight to take on the New York Knicks at the Wells Fargo Center.