PHILADELPHIA -- Joel Embiid was in the starting lineup for the Philadelphia 76ers for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Miami Heat here at Wells Fargo Center Friday night.
The Miami Heat are also returning point guard Kyle Lowry, who had missed the past four games with a hamstring injury.
Embiid cleared the NBA's concussion protocol and participated in the team's morning shootaround at its Camden, New Jersey, practice facility -- the first steps toward his return from the facial fracture and concussion he suffered when he was hit in the head by an elbow from Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam late in Game 6 of Philadelphia's first-round series last week.