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A peculiar statistic has been added under Joel Embiid's name: the number of games he’s played and missed throughout his career is identical.
The Philadelphia 76ers announced the latest update on Joel Embiid before Saturday's game against the Brooklyn Nets.
Philadelphia 76ers (37-31, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (41-27, fifth in the Western Conference) Denver; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia will try to break its four-game road slide when the 76ers play Denver.
The 2025-26 NBA season hasn’t gone the way that the Philadelphia 76ers had hoped. The Sixers remain a competitive team in a surprisingly strong Eastern Conference but many people have jumped off the Sixers hype train.
76ers star Joel Embiid is nearing a return from an oblique injury as the team battles to secure a playoff spot.