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Joel Embiid out tonight for Sixers

After returning to the lineup in Saturday's 122-113 win over Minnesota, Embiid is out due to "left knee recovery"

Sixers center Joel Embiid shoots the basketball falling back against Minnesota Timberwolves forward Josh Okogie, center Karl-Anthony Towns and center Naz Reid on Saturday, April 3, 2021 in Philadelphia. Embiid made the basket and was fouled.
Sixers center Joel Embiid shoots the basketball falling back against Minnesota Timberwolves forward Josh Okogie, center Karl-Anthony Towns and center Naz Reid on Saturday, April 3, 2021 in Philadelphia. Embiid made the basket and was fouled.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer

Joel Embiid is listed as out for tonight’s game at the Wells Fargo Center against the Memphis Grizzlies. The reason he will miss the game, according to the official NBA injury report, is “left knee recovery.”

Embiid returned for Saturday’s 122-113 win over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves after missing the previous 10 games with a left knee bone bruise.

In the win over the Timberwolves, Embiid had 24 points and eight rebounds in 28 minutes, 35 seconds.

“[Friday] was really the first time I kind of went full court since I got hurt,” Embiid said after the game. “So it is going to take a while to get back to myself.”

The Sixers (34-15) have played 17 games without Embiid and are 9-8. They went 7-3 in the most recent 10-game stretch that he missed.