Joel Embiid out for maintenance of left knee injury for 76ers NBA Cup game against Nets

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is out for Friday night’s NBA Cup game against the Brooklyn Nets because of what the team described as maintenance of a left knee injury.

Embiid played Wednesday night in Memphis, scoring a season-high 35 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a 117-111 loss that dropped the Sixers to 2-12. At times against the Grizzlies, Embiid looked limp, hobbled with a knee injury, but stayed in the game as Philadelphia battled back into the game in the fourth quarter.

Embiid will join Paul George on the sidelines Friday night. George suffered a left knee bruise in Wednesday’s game and will be out until next week at the earliest. The third part of the Sixers’ expected “Big Three” – guard Tyrese Maxey – returned against Memphis after missing two weeks with a hamstring injury. Embiid, Maxey and George have only played together in one game this season.

Embiid, the 2023 NBA MVP, missed Philadelphia’s first 10 games due to knee issues and a three-game suspension and has been sidelined for 11 of 15 games this season.

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