Joel Embiid (Sixers), touched in the left foot, absent at least two matches

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Touched on Saturday against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia pivot Joel Embiid is injured in the left foot. He should miss at least the next two games of the NBA season.

Hard blow for the Philadelphia 76ers. Pivot Joel Embiid, hit in the left foot on Saturday night in his team’s 112-109 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, is expected to miss the next two games against Brooklyn on Tuesday and against Charlotte on Wednesday. His injury will then be reassessed.

This season, Joel Embiid is averaging 32.3 points, 10.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. The five-time All-Star won the NBA’s leading scorer title last season with 30.6 points per game.

Philadelphia, currently 8th in the Eastern Conference with a perfectly balanced record of 8 wins and 8 losses, is already without star guard James Harden, injured in the right foot, and Tyrese Maxey, who suffered a broken left foot. Friday in the win over Milwaukee and will be out for at least two weeks.

Source : Yahoo Sports