The 76ers suffered a heavy blow: Embiid injured the meniscus in his left knee and may completely miss all awards such as MVP

On February 2, Beijing time, the results of the MRI examination of 76ers star Embiid were released, and he suffered a meniscus injury in his knee and is expected to miss the entire weekend.

In the last game when the 76ers lost to the Warriors, Embiid came back with an injury, got 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 8 turnovers on 5-of-18 shooting, lost the game in poor condition, and retired early with a new injury - with more than 4 minutes left in the game, Embiid fell down after making a mistake to fight for the floor ball, Kuminga sat on Embiid's knee when he grabbed the ball, and then Embiid rolled in pain while holding his knee, his expression was very painful, Embiid slowed down for a while before standing up, and then limped off the court and withdrew from the game.

Due to an unexpected knee injury, Embiid temporarily left the team and returned to Philadelphia early for a check-up, and the latest MRI results showed that Embiid had a left knee injury and a meniscus injury that was unfortunate.

Previously, Embiid temporarily missed the focus game with the Nuggets due to injury, and the NBA official investigation announced that Embiid's temporary withdrawal did not violate the player participation policy, because he was indeed injured, but the 76ers were heavily fined $75,000 by the league for failing to announce Embiid's playing status in time.

According to the league's new rules, players are required to play at least 65 regular season games and play at least 20 minutes per game in order to participate in awards such as MVP, DPOY and All-NBA.

Embiid has missed 13 games this season, and after missing five more games, he has completely missed all awards such as MVP.

So far this season, Embiid has played in 34 games for the 76ers, averaging 35.3 points, 11.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, leading the league in points per game.