Joel Embiid suffers knee injury in 76ers’ win
Joel Embiid left Friday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers after suffering a left knee contusion on a dunk, returned, and then left for good after aggravating the injury.
Embiid first hurt his knee on this dunk in the third quarter and then limped to the locker room:
Sixers' Joel Embiid limps to locker room after apparent leg injury following dunk pic.twitter.com/b3aPPR5zLl
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) January 21, 2017
Embiid later returned to the game, but he landed on his left foot again after a drive to the hoop and this time left the game for good.
Embiid landed on left foot again after a drive to the basket. He stayed in the game but walked off clearly in discomfort (L knee contusion).
— Jessica Camerato (@JCameratoCSN) January 21, 2017
Embiid returned to Philly’s bench, but the 76ers decided to hold him out the rest of the game for precautionary reasons. The big man had 18 points and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes before leaving the game. Philly pulled out a 93-92 win.
