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Report: Joel Embiid Will Miss the Next Two Games
Published:
Per Keith Pompey at the Inquirer:
Joel Embiid will not travel with the #Sixers on their two-game road trip.
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) March 29, 2018
Joel Embiid was released from the hospital today and is at home. #Sixers
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) March 29, 2018
Nothing official from the team yet. Joel went to the hospital for further precautionary testing after taking a blow to the head from Markelle Fultz last night (not Fultz’s fault). He did not suffer a concussion and x-rays came back negative. Word from the PR staff was a “facial contusion.”
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com