Daily News | Can the Sixers make the necessary adjustments to beat Boston without Joel Embiid?
This time, Embiid is dealing with a sprained right knee. The presumptive league MVP is expected to be unavailable against the Boston Celtics at the start of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday. Game 1 of the best-of-seven series is set for 7:30 p.m. at TD Garden.
And as it was in those instances, the Sixers are at a huge disadvantage because of his injury. An MRI on April 21 revealed that Embiid sprained his lateral collateral ligament the night before in Game 3 of the Sixers’ first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets. Embiid became entangled with the Nets’ Cam Johnson and fell beyond the baseline. While he’s being evaluated daily, his sprain is reportedly worse than a Grade 1.
“We can talk about taking stuff from games. It doesn’t work like that,” said P.J. Tucker. “You just got to play.”The Boston Celtics have had the Sixers’ number. Joel Embiid’s supporting cast must produce for that to change. “This is the series that we’ve all been waiting for all year,” Tucker said. “And for us to not know if he’s gonna to play, yeah, that sucks because we’ve run everything through him.
“If Joel’s not playing, I’m confident that I can come in and give us a lot of energy,” Reed said, “and help us win.”
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