LeBron James’ first game with his third franchise opened up with a pair of highlight-worthy plays in the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason debut against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.
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Keith Pompey has been with our sports team since September 2004. He took over the Sixers beat in the summer of 2013 after covering Temple basketball and football for the previous three years. Pompey also previously covered the Penn and Drexel men’s basketball team and Villanova football team after
The Philadelphia 76ers know they have a tough task ahead of them against the Boston Celtics in the second round of the playoffs. But that task will be even tougher if Joel Embiid can’t play due a sprained right knee.
Sixers coach Doc Rivers gave an update on Embiid’s inactivity at Saturday’s practice before casting doubt on the potential MVP’s availability for Game 1 on Monday.
“There is no latest,” Rivers said. “Obviously, the doctors looked at him, and he didn’t do anything today.
“I’ll say this, but if I was a betting man, I would probably say doubtful for at least Game 1. But we’ll see.”
Embiid missed Game 4 of the 76ers sweep of the Brooklyn Nets in the first round. That would give him 11 days off before facing the Celtics in Game 1. However, recovery times from a sprained LCL can vary greatly, and the Sixers haven’t said what grade of sprain Embiid is dealing with.
Denver Nuggets guard Monte Morris has joined the Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie in committing to playing for Nigeria internationally as a naturalized player.
