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Doc Rivers considers Joel Embiid doubtful for Game 1 vs. Celtics

This is not the update Sixers fans were hoping for two days before a potentially franchise-altering series against the Celtics.

Doc Rivers, speaking to reporters at the team’s practice facility in Camden Saturday, said he believes Joel Embiid is “doubtful” for Game 1 with a LCL sprain in his right knee.

Doc Rivers says if he “was a betting man,” he’d consider Joel Embiid doubtful for Game 1 against the Celtics. Embiid did not practice today.

— Noah Levick (@NoahLevick) April 29, 2023

There are a few caveats to consider here:

  1. A lot can happen between now and tip off in Boston Monday night.