76ers’ Joel Embiid out Thursday, to have knee evaluated

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid He is out for Thursday’s game against utah jazz and will receive additional evaluation on his left knee in the next 24 hours, a team official told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Embiid is expected to travel back to Philadelphia and not join the team in Utah, the official told Wojnarowski.

Embiid injured his left knee in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s 119-107 loss to the warriors of the golden state.

The injury occurred with 4:04 left in the game while Embiid was being attacked by the Warriors. Jonathan Kuminga and Draymon Green. After Kuminga knocked the ball away from him, Embiid fell to the ground to retrieve it and Kuminga later fell on his knee.

Embiid grabbed his knee and felt visible pain. He eventually got up and limped to the locker room and did not return to the game.

Embiid had missed the Sixers’ previous two games due to soreness in that same knee.

He finished with 14 points on 5-of-18 shooting, along with 7 rebounds, 2 assists and a net rating of -21, the lowest on the team.

Embiid also missed three games in early January due to inflammation in his left knee. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reported that the injury is something Embiid and Philadelphia will have to manage for the rest of the season.

Embiid, the reigning NBA MVP, can only miss five more games before becoming ineligible for postseason awards, including All-NBA team and MVP honors, due to the league’s new rule requiring a Minimum of 65 games to qualify.

When healthy, Embiid has continued to perform at an MVP level. He is the NBA’s leading scorer with 35.3 points per game and averages 11.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists. He scored a franchise-record 70 points along with 18 rebounds on January 22 in a 133-124 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

The 76ers are 0-4 on their five-game road trip.

ESPN’s Kendra Andrews and The Associated Press contributed to this report.