🏀 Joel Embiid's right knee injury continues to loom large ahead of the Sixers' second-round series. NBCSPhilly
“My understanding is they checked his knee out right after the game because he was complaining about some soreness behind the knee,” Rivers said Saturday, “which is always a scary thing when it’s behind the knee with players. There was swelling already, which is way too early, and so we did the MRI.
“As a coach, I hate those three letters, because it never comes out well. It just feels like whenever they tell a coach, ‘Hey, we’re doing an MRI,’ it doesn’t turn out well most of the time. And this one did not.” The situation is somewhat reminiscent of Embiid’s 2021 postseason. After suffering a small lateral meniscus tear in his right knee during the Sixers’ Round 1, Game 4 loss to the Wizards, Embiid sat out the team’s Game 5 victory. He then played through the meniscus tear for the entirety of the Sixers’ seven-game defeat to the Hawks in the second round.
If the Celtics complete a first-round series win over Atlanta on Tuesday, the Sixers' Round 2 matchup will begin Saturday in Boston. If the Hawks extend the series with a road victory, the
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