Sources – Joel Embiid, a star of the Philadelphia 76ers, has bruises in his knee and could miss two weeks

U.S. 76ers star Joel Embiid has a leg injury to his left knee and could miss two weeks, sources told ESPN.

An MRI overnight showed no structural damage to the knee that Embiid extended Friday night in a win over the Washington Wizards, sources said. Embiid underwent the MRI immediately after returning to Philadelphia late Friday night, sources said.

Embiid’s ACL and meniscus are good, according to sources, and there is considerable relief in the Sixers that the injury is not much worse.

Embiid left Friday night’s game when he extended his left knee again after landing on his leg with all his weight after a blow in the third quarter.

Ambiid was in the midst of the latest dominant performance of his MVP caliber season and scored 23 points on 8-for-11 shooting to pass along with 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in 20 minutes, when he scored a pass from Tobias gets Harris and flies for a dunk to give Philadelphia a 6-minute, 6-minute lead, 20 seconds left in the third quarter.

But when Embiid goes down to the dunk, his full body weight ends up on his left leg, causing it to stretch more, causing him to fall to court and make him cringe in pain.

After lying down for a few minutes, Embiid finally got up and walked away on his own – albeit with a rather slack – when he returned straight to the visitors’ locker room at the Capital One Arena in Washington.

Embiid had a similarly dire situation last month when he underlined his right knee in an awkward fall against the Portland Trail Blazers after blocking an Enes Kanter suspension. In the game, Embiid returned a few minutes later and dominated, scoring 31 points in the first half in a game that Philadelphia eventually lost.

The Sixers only got Embiid back on Friday night after both he and Ben Simmons missed Thursday’s Chicago victory over the Bulls – as well as Sunday’s All-Star game in Atlanta – due to contact detection due to a barber who visited both stars before they were on their way. in Atlanta.

ESPN’s Tim Bontemps contributed to this report.

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