nothing like a little #Sixers injury panic days before 2k20 pc buy mt playoffs start!
I think Embiid will be okay for Game 1, but some thoughts on a strange back-and-forth at the arena tonight: https://t.co/po6yei3xaV
— Kyle Neubeck (KyleNeubeck) April 11, 2019
This series could be the story of one team getting healthy just in time and the other having issues at the worst of them. The 3-seeded Sixers may be without their star center Joel Embiid in Game One on Saturday.
He’s been incredibly effective against the Brooklyn frontcourt. In the last meeting between the two teams, Embiid racked up 39 points, 13 rebounds and six assists in a 123-110 Sixers win on March 28. Even if he returns, there are concerns about his conditioning. Per Mike Sielski of Philly:
Someone brought up Embiid’s conditioning, about the easy-to-see 10-to-15 pounds that he has added over these last few weeks of intermittent action, and Brand instead offered 2k20 mt xbox one non-denial denial. He answered a question that no one had thought to ask