That means he would have still felt it at some point. We want to get him and the whole team healthy for the playoffs.”Īsked if he wishes he’d have held Embiid out of one of those games so he could have squared off against Jokic, Rivers said, “Not really. So, yeah, we’re just going to take it slow and be smart. He doesn’t play anymore tonight,” Rivers recounted. “They came to me at halftime” against the Bulls and “I said this is not a debate. But Embiid played in back-to-back games on the 76ers’ Western trip over the weekend, scoring 46 points in a 120-112 loss at Golden State Friday night and 28 points in a 125-105 loss at Phoenix 24 hours later. Rivers held Embiid out of the second half against Chicago last week when the center first complained about a tight right calf. A trainer wrapped a large ice pack on his right leg and the 76ers decided to hold him out at Denver, their third game in four nights.
Embiid, who played two games over the weekend, was at the team’s shootaround Monday morning but he soon retreated to the sideline.
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