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Joel Embiid (left Knee Soreness) Questionable for Game 2 of Sixers' Playoff Series Against Nets

The questions about Joel Embiid's left knee aren't going away. 

The Sixers' center is is listed as questionable with left knee soreness for Game 2 of the Sixers' first-round playoff series against the Nets on the NBA's official injury report. After being doubtful for Game 1, Embiid played through pain and posted 22 points on 5 for 15 shooting, 15 rebounds, five blocks and four assists. He admitted he was hampered by both the knee pain and by being "out of shape." Embiid's last game prior to Game 1 was on April 6 against the Bulls.

Jonah Bolden, who played five minutes Saturday, is probable for Game 2 with left knee soreness. Though Boban Marjanovic was effective in Game 1, scoring 13 points on 5 for 7 shooting in his 15 minutes, Bolden is a different, more agile backup center option for Brett Brown.

James Ennis has been upgraded from out to doubtful. He's been sidelined since aggravating a right quad contusion on April 3 in Atlanta. Without Ennis, Brown used Jonathon Simmons as his primary wing off the bench Saturday.

There are two notable inclusions on the injury report for the Nets as well in Jared Dudley and Ed Davis. Dudley is questionable with right calf tightness, while Davis is questionable with a right ankle sprain. If Davis doesn't play, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, a native of Chester, Pennsylvania, would likely enter the Nets' rotation. Hollis-Jefferson had 19 points in 26 minutes against the Sixers on March 28 and took advantage of the matchup vs. Marjanovic offensively.

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