The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off of one of their more comfortable wins of the season so far, a 131-110 victory over the Washington Wizards that saw the trio of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George
each score more than 20 points in the same game for the first time ever as Sixers.
The squad may be missing a piece of the Big 3 on Friday evening, however, with Philadelphia’s early injury report listing Embiid as questionable for the team’s contest visiting the Orlando Magic due to left knee injury management.
Embiid has played the Sixers’ last five games in a row across nine days, his best availability of the season by far. More importantly, he’s looked efficient and comfortable on the floor in those contests. In the five games, within which the Sixers have gone 4-1, Embiid averaged 28.4 points shooting 53.6% from the floor with 8.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.2 blocks in 34.2 minutes per outing.
For what it’s worth, Embiid had also been listed as questionable early on for Wednesday’s contest against the Washington Wizards. On gameday, he was upgraded to probable and ended up playing, scoring 28 points (on 10-for-14 field goal shooting) in under 26 minutes played.
For the third game in a row, the Sixers will be going up against a relatively-depleted opponent. For the Magic, Franz Wagner, averaging 22.7 points per game this season in 24 games, will be out due to a left high ankle sprain. Jalen Suggs, averaging 15.0 points, 4.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game, is also ruled out due to an MCL contusion. Rookie Jase Richardson, who notched a career-high 20 points against the Wizards on Tuesday, is questionable with left ankle soreness.
We will keep you updated as more information about Embiid’s status becomes available.
The Sixers and Magic tip off in Orlando on Friday at 7 p.m. ET.
