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Another slap in the face for Embiid and Sixers
The Straits Times
|December 15, 2024
LOS ANGELES - Joel Embiid's tough season took another turn for the worse on Dec 13, as the Philadelphia 76ers star center left the court early after being struck in the face during his side's 121-107 National Basketball Association (NBA) loss to the Indiana Pacers.
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The Cameroon-born big man, who won gold with the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was fighting for a rebound under the Pacers' basket when he was inadvertently elbowed by Indiana's Bennedict Mathurin at the Wells Fargo Centre.
The NBA Most Valuable Player in 2023 had 12 points with four rebounds and five assists before departing moments ahead of halftime, and the Sixers said after the game he had been diagnosed with a sinus fracture and would be evaluated further.
The 30-year-old was playing his second game back after missing seven contests. He has played just six games this season as he battled a troublesome left knee and served a three-game suspension for an altercation with a journalist.
This story is from the December 15, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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