CAMDEN, N.J. - It's unlikely that Brett Brown will have his biggest weapon Wednesday night against his old team.
After spraining his right hand in a collision with Devin Booker and subsequent fall Sunday night, Embiid is listed as doubtful against the Spurs.
Though X-rays Sunday confirmed his hand isn't broken, Embiid said the injury seriously affected his play.
"It was numb but I'm a warrior," Embiid said after the game. "I want to push through stuff and I want to play. I wanted to be on the court to win the game and that's what we did."
At Tuesday's practice, Sixers coach Brett Brown detailed how the injury is continuing to bother Embiid.
"It was a legitimate scare, a legitimate fall," Brown said. "If you saw the palm of his hand, you'd see the bruising and the swelling and the discoloring. And if it was his non-shooting hand, you might feel more confident. But we'll all learn more tomorrow."
At the conclusion of practice, a trainer tended to Embiid's hand. Based on the team's history of caution with Embiid, you would think his hand would have to dramatically improve for him to play Wednesday night. The Sixers are 2-7 on the season without him, though they did beat the Nuggets, 107-102, on Saturday when he rested.
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If Embiid doesn't play Wednesday, Amir Johnson will likely start at center and Richaun Holmes will return to the rotation. In 19 valuable minutes off the bench Saturday, Holmes had 14 points, three rebounds and three assists. Yet with Embiid back in the lineup Sunday against Phoenix, he never left the bench.
