On Monday night, the 76ers failed to complete the sweep of the Wizards, but as news broke, MVP finalist Joel Embiid will be right in the 5th game on Wednesday night (and possibly even longer). Partial tear of knee meniscus.

This is the worst nightmare of every 76ers fan, seeing their team play without the best players. However, the hope that the 76ers still have Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris and others — not to mention that they currently lead 3-1 in the series — this fact will make the big man Have time to rest your knees before continuing the game. In the next round, they will face the winner of the Eagles-Knicks series.

But first, the task at hand. Before looking forward to the next series, the 76ers must handle business and close Bradley Beal, Russell Westbrook and the Wizards-and want to know the health of their star center at the end of the game how is it. If they want to end this series on Wednesday night, they must do so without Embiid. There is no change now.

Who will do it first? Who is taking up Embiid’s playing time? How will Dr. Rivers adjust his rotation-how much will Simmons see at the center position? Once the game is aired on NBA TV at 7pm, all these and more questions will be answered, including whether the series will return to Washington for the sixth game.

Lock it here for real-time updates, analysis, highlights, etc., because the 76ers hope to surpass the Wizards in front of the first audience in the Wells Fargo Center in more than a year.

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