The 76ers will be without both Paul George and Joel Embiid for Wednesday night's game against the Magic, the team announced.
George had his best game in a Philadelphia uniform Tuesday night in Charlotte, tying his season high with 29 points on 10-for-16 shooting to go along with eight assists in a season-high 37 minutes in 110-104 76ers victory, the team's second win in a row after starting the season 3-14.George, 34, returned to the court Saturday in Detroit after his second stint on the sideline since the start of the preseason with a hyperextended left knee.
The 30-year-old, who was the NBA's Most Valuable Player in 2023, has played only four games this season after lingering issues with that left knee -- the same one he had surgery on back in February, and limited him during Philadelphia's first-round playoff series loss to the Embiid, who is averaging 19.8 points and 7.5 rebounds across those games -- all of which were 76ers losses. The 76ers host the Magic both Wednesday and Friday before going to Chicago on Sunday. They then have two games over the next 11 days -- at home against theon Dec. 13 and at the Hornets on Dec. 16 -- as the NBA completes the knockout rounds of the NBA Cup.
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