A team official said on Tuesday night that Joel Embiid was skeptical of Wednesday’s fifth game against the Washington Wizards because Philadelphia’s chartered players continued to be assessed for sore right knees. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the status of the big man.

As of late Tuesday afternoon, the Philadelphia franchise center had completed all his imaging examinations. A source close to the situation said that the medical team needs to check the results before they can make any form of official diagnosis on the matter. Or statement. To some extent, the latest update is enforced by league guidelines-the 76ers are required to submit a report for tomorrow’s game before the 5 pm deadline on Tuesday, and temporarily when they figure out where to go from here Call him suspicious.

A person familiar with the matter told the Voice of Philadelphia that the good news is that from a long-term/overall playoff perspective, the 76ers are satisfied with the ability to manage Embiid’s health. However, other information has been vague.

The assessment of Embiid’s path is a bit complicated due to the overnight travel problem of the 76ers. NBC’s John Clark reported on Tuesday afternoon that the team’s charter plane broke down overnight, forcing the team to arrange a bus trip back to Philadelphia before Game 5. The trip didn’t end until about 6 o’clock on Tuesday morning, and it slowed down and the process was good.

It has been difficult to get information about Embiid’s state since he fell early in Monday’s loss to the Wizards. Rivers admitted after the game that he was not even sure what went wrong in the middle of the game. His absence made him feel important because Rivers shuffled the ineffective lineup and tried to find an effective combination. His teammates felt Embiid’s absence to a large extent, and Ben Simmons and the other 76ers commented after the game that their offense was in trouble after losing him.

“Once Joe comes out, I don’t think we are also moving the ball,” Ben Simmons said on Monday. “We didn’t play team ball for a minute, and then we didn’t stop. This is an important part of our offense in order to be able to push the ball that hurt us a little bit.”

“Obviously, we need Joe to win,” Simmons added later. “He is an important part of this team, but if he isn’t there in the next game, we have to end the game. We got what we needed. “

Wednesday’s game in South Philadelphia will be Crowd full for the first time You can participate in the 76ers game before the COVID-19 lockdown. Although their MVP candidate has not been eliminated technically, it now appears that the 76ers will have to end this series without him.

This story is developing.

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