Embiid (left knee injury management) ruled out for Sixers vs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Joel Embiid did not appear on the Sixers’ Thursday night injury report.
However, on Friday morning, the team downgraded him to questionable with a “Management of left knee injury” naming And on Friday night, Embiid never appeared on the floor in his typical pregame warm-up window, despite head coach Nick Nurse told reporters he would warm up.
That series of events culminated in the Sixers ruling their All-Star center out for their matchup with the Nets at Wells Fargo Center.
Embiid has played in just four games this season for the Sixers, who entered Friday at an NBA-worst 2-12. He had his best show on Wednesday in the The loss of Sixers to the Grizzlieslogging 35 minutes and posting 35 points and 11 rebounds.
Along with Embiid, the Sixers were down Paul George (left knee bone bruise) and Kyle Lowry (right hip strain) against Brooklyn.
They chose to start Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain, Kelly Oubre Jr., Caleb Martin and Guerschon Yabusele.
Maxey, who returned from a right hamstring strain in Memphis, is playing under a minutes restriction.
