sixes star joel embiid Houston has been released from the hospital and is headed back to Philadelphia, the team said Friday with no timeline for his return to the court.
Embiid underwent emergency surgery on Thursday after being diagnosed with appendicitis. The 76ers said Embiid’s recovery will be managed by team physicians and his surgeon.
With Embiid out, 76ers lost 113-102 till rockets Thursday and sit in eighth place (at) the Eastern Conference with two more games to play. fast bowlers vs on friday box on Sunday).
Depending on the 76ers’ results and other games, Philadelphia could still reach the playoffs as a No. 6 seed or drop to No. 10 for the play-ins starting Tuesday.
Sixers coach Nick Nurse said Thursday that Embiid felt good during practice on Wednesday, but there was no change in his condition overnight.
“It’s a devastating blow,” the nurse said. “I think the biggest thing right now is that Joel is coming out of surgery as best as he can and everything is going well. That’s where most of my thoughts are right now.”
Embiid, 32, is averaging 26.9 points and 7.7 rebounds in 38 games this season.
Information from ESPN’s Tim Bontemps was used in this report.
