This is a poor development.

Embiid left the game tonight after getting hit in the face by Markelle Fultz’s shoulder. He did not have a concussion and X-rays were negative.

However, after 11 p.m. tonight he posted the following on Instagram, from a hospital bed:

Markelle Fultz also tweeted:

Not good.

The first thought here would be an orbital fracture, which is not fully debilitating from a basketball sense, but still a highly suboptimal injury.

We’ll have more as it becomes available. Video of the injury is after the jump.

Maybe it’s just me, but you can actually see something move unnaturally in his face when he got hit.