Joel Embiid will play against Miami
Shams Charania: 76ers say Joel Embiid – listed doubtful most of Monday with illness – will play and start tonight vs. Heat.Source: x.com What’s the buzz on Twitter? Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam Sixers 56, Heat 53 at halftime. Sixers should be ahead by way more than this and have clearly been the better team. But they are missing wide open looks. Embiid: 9-3-2, 4-6 FG George: 12-2-3-2, 4-10 FG C. Martin: 10-4, 4-7 FG McCain: 12-3-1-1, 5-8 FG, 2-5 3P – 8:39 PM Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck Stats do not reflect it but Embiid’s passing has been worlds better tonight. Sixers have missed a bunch of open threes from him moving the ball away from pressure – 8:34 PM Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam 33-25 lead for the Sixers after one. Joel Embiid on: -5 in 8:12 Joel Embiid off: +13 in 3:48 – 8:12 PM Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA 15- 4 run by the Sixers to end the quarter and they’ll head to the second with a 33-25 lead. Paul George has 12 on 4-7 shooting to lead the way. Caleb Martin (7), Jared McCain (6), Joel Embiid (4) and Andre Drummond (4) have accounted for the rest of the scoring. – 8:11 PM Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam Sixers have two turnovers on simple McCain-Embiid two-man stuff. Both turnovers were charged to McCain. – 7:48 PM Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam The Sixers are off and running from Miami, as Paul George knocks down a triple off an Embiid post up. – 7:43 PM Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA Sixers vs Heat: Lowry, McCain, PG, C. Martin and Embiid vs Robinson, Herro, Butler, Highsmith and Adebayo. – 7:12 PM Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang Joel Embiid is available and starting tonight vs. Heat. – 7:12 PM Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz Embiid playing for 76ers vs. Heat tonight. Meanwhile, a look at one of the strangest television trades/transactions ever, involving Barkley, Denmark, Ernie Johnson, Sweden, Shaq, Poland, Bleacher Report, Kenny Smith & Big 12 football miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… And NBA future on TV: – 7:10 PM Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck Starters Embiid George Martin McCain Lowry – 7:10 PM Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin Joel Embiid will play tonight #Sixers – 7:09 PM Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA Must win game in November! Joel Embiid doubtful (but warming up)! Jared “Wardell” McCain! Lots to talk about in Sixers vs Heat pregame, coming up at 7. youtube.com/live/gzHb_5pL2… pic.x.com/d2tebYywQ6 – 6:55 PM Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin Nick Nurse said Joel Embiid is going to warm up and try to give it a go tonight. He’s still listed as doubtful due to an illness. #Sixers – 6:05 PM StatMuse @statmuse Most points per minute by a starter (min. 2 starts): 0.91 — Jared McCain 0.87 — Joel Embiid 0.82 — Luka Doncic 0.79 — Michael Jordan Elite company. pic.x.com/2zAkqia4QX – 4:20 PM Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck We’re going to see where it all ends up by April and May. But as I said on our show Friday night, I am not a believer in what the shape of “the plan” looks like for Embiid and the Sixers right now: pic.x.com/EGnqZJXKCO – 4:17 PM Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang NEW: Who’s in and who’s out for tonight’s Heat-76ers game at Kaseya Center miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Updates on Jimmy Butler, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Terry Rozier, Joel Embiid and others – 1:47 PM John Gonzalez @JohnGonzalez Monday Beyond the Arc w/ @sportsreiter -Embiid doubtful for tonight…sure -Weekend Radar -Can the latest changes save the All Star Game? -Inside the NBA lives on -Team of the Night
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Sixers 56, Heat 53 at halftime. Sixers should be ahead by way more than this and have clearly been the better team. But they are missing wide open looks.
Embiid: 9-3-2, 4-6 FG
George: 12-2-3-2, 4-10 FG
C. Martin: 10-4, 4-7 FG
McCain: 12-3-1-1, 5-8 FG, 2-5 3P – 8:39 PM
Stats do not reflect it but Embiid’s passing has been worlds better tonight. Sixers have missed a bunch of open threes from him moving the ball away from pressure – 8:34 PM
33-25 lead for the Sixers after one.
Joel Embiid on: -5 in 8:12
Joel Embiid off: +13 in 3:48 – 8:12 PM
15- 4 run by the Sixers to end the quarter and they’ll head to the second with a 33-25 lead.
Paul George has 12 on 4-7 shooting to lead the way. Caleb Martin (7), Jared McCain (6), Joel Embiid (4) and Andre Drummond (4) have accounted for the rest of the scoring. – 8:11 PM
Sixers have two turnovers on simple McCain-Embiid two-man stuff. Both turnovers were charged to McCain. – 7:48 PM
The Sixers are off and running from Miami, as Paul George knocks down a triple off an Embiid post up. – 7:43 PM
Sixers vs Heat:
Lowry, McCain, PG, C. Martin and Embiid
vs
Robinson, Herro, Butler, Highsmith and Adebayo. – 7:12 PM
Embiid playing for 76ers vs. Heat tonight. Meanwhile, a look at one of the strangest television trades/transactions ever, involving Barkley, Denmark, Ernie Johnson, Sweden, Shaq, Poland, Bleacher Report, Kenny Smith & Big 12 football
miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia…
And NBA future on TV: – 7:10 PM
Must win game in November!
Joel Embiid doubtful (but warming up)!
Jared “Wardell” McCain!
Lots to talk about in Sixers vs Heat pregame, coming up at 7.
youtube.com/live/gzHb_5pL2… pic.x.com/d2tebYywQ6 – 6:55 PM
Most points per minute by a starter (min. 2 starts):
0.91 — Jared McCain
0.87 — Joel Embiid
0.82 — Luka Doncic
0.79 — Michael Jordan
Elite company. pic.x.com/2zAkqia4QX – 4:20 PM
We’re going to see where it all ends up by April and May.
But as I said on our show Friday night, I am not a believer in what the shape of “the plan” looks like for Embiid and the Sixers right now: pic.x.com/EGnqZJXKCO – 4:17 PM
NEW: Who’s in and who’s out for tonight’s Heat-76ers game at Kaseya Center miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Updates on Jimmy Butler, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Terry Rozier, Joel Embiid and others – 1:47 PM
Monday Beyond the Arc w/ @sportsreiter
-Embiid doubtful for tonight…sure
-Weekend Radar
-Can the latest changes save the All Star Game?
-Inside the NBA lives on
-Team of the Night