Beijing time on April 25 news, Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid's latest diagnosis of the right thumb injury came out, ligament damage, need surgery repair, but this operation will be placed after the playoffs.
In the latest injury report updated by the 76ers, it is also mentioned that Embiid will not miss the fifth game of the series, and they are currently leading the Toronto Raptors by a large margin of 3-1 in the series, and it only takes one win to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Embiid was injured during the third game of the series after his finger accidentally hooked onto a player's shirt, but instead of sitting off the field due to a finger injury, he stayed in the game and scored a deadlock in the final moments of that game.
However, the finger injury still affected his performance, in the fourth game of the series, Embiid missed the first five shots, only scored 1 point in the first quarter, only 7 of 16 shots in the whole game, and had 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists but five turnovers.
After yesterday's game, Embiid said that even if he needed immediate surgery, he would not operate because it was the playoffs and there was nothing to stop him.
Embiid averaged 26.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game and shot 49.3 percent from the field.