BOSTON -- Philadelphia 76ers superstar center Joel Embiid, who was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Tuesday night, is -- barring any setbacks -- set to return from the sprained LCL in his right knee in Game 2 of Philadelphia's Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Embiid participated in the team's morning shootaround Wednesday and will need to come through that and his pregame workout without incident to return to the floor.
But the mood was far different Wednesday morning than it had been 48 hours earlier.