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Report: Sixers have ‘optimism’ Joel Embiid will be available for Game 1 of second round

We have our latest update on Joel Embiid’s availability, coming from The Athletic’s Shams Charania:

“There is optimism that [Joel Embiid will] be able to play in Game 1 of their next series… He had a sprained knee and I think they believed this is about a 1 week injury”
- @ShamsCharania

pic.twitter.com/nGUnWzXprJ— Harrison Grimm (@Harrison_Grimm) April 24, 2023

Charania described Embiid’s knee sprain as “about a one-week injury.” Embiid suffered the knee sprain in Game 3, which was played on last Thursday, April 20.