Overview
- The team added Embiid to the Wednesday morning injury report as out with an illness after he missed a film session and was sent for a medical check.
- Embiid publicly pushed back on X, calling the designation an April Fools joke and later posting that the team would not let him play.
- Coach Nick Nurse said medical staff made the call to hold Embiid out so a doctor could evaluate him, a timeline team president Daryl Morey also described to reporters.
- Philadelphia beat Washington 153-131 without Embiid, as Paul George scored 39 points on 15-for-22 shooting with six assists and Tyrese Maxey added 28; rookie VJ Edgecombe had 23 points and 10 assists.
- Embiid returned March 25 from a 13-game absence for a right oblique strain after earlier shin and knee issues, and the 42-34 Sixers are managing his health as they await further checks in a tight Eastern Conference race.