To best understand the injury in general terms, 97.3 talked to Dr. John Salvo, MD. Dr. Salvo is a Sports Medicine Surgeon at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute. He's also one of Rothman's team physicians for the Philadelphia Eagles.
A clearly injured Joel Embiid did what he could through three-and-a-half quarters, only to leave with a knee injury in the fourth quarter as the Sixers fell, 119-107.
Either regular-season play matters (and Embiid's MVP season in 2022-23 should get its due respect), or it's all about the playoffs.
But, you can't have it both ways.
Joel Embiid scored 34 points in the first half - and that was his lesser half - en route to a 70-point night as the Sixers held off the Spurs, 133-123.