The Sixers will be playing in prime time in Games 1 and 2 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Miami Heat, and there may not be a need for Joel Embiid to rush back from his fractured eye socket as Philadelphia takes a 16-game winning streak into the postseason.
You don't want to mess around with a fractured eye socket. They say time heals all wounds, and that is especially true when it comes to physical injuries. The Sixers have been rolling ever since Embiid was injured -- heck, they were rolling before that -- and discretion is the better part of valor.