On April 23, Beijing time, the NBA officially updated the injuries of a number of players: Joel Embiid suffered a torn ligament of the right thumb, but he is expected to attend the G4 game; Celtic center Robert Williams may return in G3 or G4, and his meniscus recovery is good; Ben Simmons, who has been in injury for one season, is also expected to return in G4; Doncic is expected to make a comeback in G4, and Booker and Middleton have confirmed that they will miss this series. Both will take weeks to recover.
According to NBA reporter Charania, There is no obvious pain in the knee in Rowe's confrontational training, and he himself hopes to return in this series, and he can play in G3 or G4 as long as he is evaluated. He suffered a meniscus tear at work and rest after vs. forest on March 28 and then underwent surgery, only less than a month before he was close to recovering, and sure enough, his comeback made Lu Kai's hard strength increase greatly, and the defense was even more terrifying.
Embiid's torn ligament in his right thumb was a heavy blow to Philadelphia, and although his insistence on playing with an injury did not mean that the injury did not affect him, and his injury may be aggravated as a result. Philadelphia's victory is really not easy to walk.
Ben Simmons' comeback is too important for this Nets, the Nets' weakest link is defense, which is Ben Simmons's best play, and now the Nets also lack a player who can organize a tandem offense, which is also Simmons's specialty. As long as he can return to the Nets to reverse the Celtics, there is still a glimmer of life.
Doncic will most likely return to G4, but the Lone Ranger has led the Jazz 2-1, depending on whether Kidd is confident enough, which can give Doncic 4 more days of rest, if the G4 Lone Ranger wins again, then Doncic may come back directly to the second round, because Kidd's goal is the championship.
Some people are injured, some people are coming back, which has affected the odds of winning the championship. It can be seen that the Golden State Warriors with a neat lineup have rushed to the first position, and the attack of the Camellia three is invincible to the world's big score 3-0 lead over the Nuggets.
Warriors first, Celtics second, Suns third, Heat fourth (the Heat are also no injuries), Bucks fifth (Middleton's injury has caused them to slip one place), Philadelphia sixth (Philadelphia was fifth before, because Embiid fell due to injury decline), Grizzlies seventh, Nets eighth (if the Nets are 0-3 behind the Celtics, it feels that Bency's comeback is not meaningful), lone ranger ninth, Jazz tenth.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream