Joel Embiid suffered a sinus fracture Friday night in the second quarter of the Sixers’ defeat to the Pacers.
As the Sixers walked out from the locker room to start the second half Friday, Joel Embiid was ominously not among them.Late Friday night, a team official said Embiid suffered a sinus fracture against Indiana and will be further evaluated this weekend.After taking an inadvertent hit to the right side of his face from Pacers shooting guard Bennedict Mathurin, Embiid exited the game with 6.5 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
The 7-16 Sixers began the night without Caleb Martin , Kyle Lowry and Adem Bona . Their Big 3 of Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey has played just one full game together so far.“You just kind of move on. ... Next man up mentality,” he said. “The only part that sucks about this is I think we were stepping in the right direction. Guys were kind of figuring out their roles, figuring out what the coaches want from them.
The Sixers are now 1-5 with their cornerstone big man, who's certainly no stranger to injury misfortune.
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