Joel Embiid requirements surgery, but he’s heading to proceed taking part in for the 76ers right up until their NBA playoff run comes to an conclude.
Doc Rivers advised reporters Sunday an MRI exam confirmed Embiid has a torn ligament in his proper thumb, although ESPN reports the 28-calendar year-previous will not pass up time and will wait to have the course of action in the offseason.
“Treatment is the exact same. There actually will be no improve,” Rivers instructed reporters. “It’s just, we realized we believed what it was and it was, so you just retain moving on.”
Embiid, an NBA MVP finalist, wounded his thumb in the course of the 76ers’ Recreation 3 gain above the Raptors on Wednesday. He then scored 21 points and had 8 rebounds in 39 minutes for the duration of the Sixers’ Sport 4 reduction on Saturday in which Toronto avoided having swept.
Right after the decline, Embiid revealed he was “really sick” as he performed as a result of the very first two games of the sequence.
“It’s the playoffs. Nothing is going to end me,” Embiid mentioned. “So I’ve just acquired to maintain going and hope for the most effective.”
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