Embiid, who underwent an emergency appendectomy on April 9, has made significant progress over the last week. On Monday, the Sixers said the former NBA MVP had started a strength and conditioning program, indicating he had completed his recovery phase. Just days later, the team provided an update that Embiid had been a partial participant in a practice amid a return to on-court work.
Ahead of the Sixers’ Game 3 loss on Friday, Embiid was listed as doubtful. About two hours prior to tip-off, he was ruled out. Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said that Embiid was not quite ready, though he had gotten “pretty intense” on-court work in, including live action against other players.
After the Sixers held a film session on Saturday, Nurse provided another update.
“He’s on [the] court right now doing individual work,” Nurse said. “Like I said before, he’s working as hard as he can to get back, and we just have to see how it goes here today and tomorrow morning. Maybe we’ll know more towards the end of shootaround tomorrow.”
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