Sixers center Joel Embiid is available and starting for Sunday’s Game 1 against the Atlanta Hawks according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Sixers head coach Doc Rivers said pregame that Embiid was a game-time decision after being listed as questionable due to a small meniscus tear in his right knee.

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Embiid did some workouts this week, Rivers said Embiid "did what he could do" in Saturday's practice, after he injured his knee in Game 4 against Washington on Tuesday night, forcing him to miss Thursday's Game 5.

Listen to the game between the Sixers and Hawks, with Tom McGinnis calling all the play-by-play action on 97.3 ESPN.  Coverage begins at 1 p.m.

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