Sports · Embiid availabilityEmbiid fall Celtics game: Returns after halftime scare, hits three-pointerWritten November 11, 2026 at 6:52 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:00MBAD fall Celtics game returns after halftime scare, hits three pointer.0:06Joel Embiid returned after limping off at halftime, then made a three-pointer.0:11Philadelphia was already trailing Boston by double digits when he fell.0:14His return put him back into a game where he'd missed every first half shot from the0:18field.0:18His availability beyond this game is still unclear.0:21Embiid went down in the closing moments of the first half and took time to get back0:25up.0:25He limped toward the other end of the court, then toward the locker room at0:28halftime.0:29That left Philadelphia facing the possibility of playing the rest of the night0:32without him, but Embiid came back when the third quarter began, and his three0:36pointer ended his stretch without a midfield goal.0:39Embiid started the second half after the fall and the walk to the locker room.0:42Philadelphia kept him involved, and he made a three pointer after coming back.0:46Boston had already won the opening quarter thirty to twenty three at Philadelphia's0:50Xfinity Mobile Arena.0:51The November ten game put Embiid's fall alongside another problem for the Sixers.0:55They were trying to recover from a growing deficit.0:57Embiid kept scoring through free throws, even while his shots from the floor weren't1:01falling.1:01All nine of his first half points came at the line.1:04In seventeen first half minutes, Embiid went zero for six from the field and nine1:09for eleven on free throws.1:10He had nine points, five rebounds, and two turnovers.1:13Two of his missed field goals were three point attempts.1:16Those figures describe his first half.1:18His second half return added both playing time and a made basket.1:21So they shouldn't be mistaken for his completed night's totals.1:24Boston's advantage around halftime is listed as sixty, two to fifty, one approaching1:29the break, or sixty, one to fifty, one at halftime.1:31The precise score is unresolved, but either figure leaves Philadelphia trailing by1:35double digits.1:36Embiid ultimately logged thirty one minutes.1:39His return allowed him to continue playing, but Philadelphia couldn't turn the night1:43around.1:43Boston went on to win one hundred and twenty three to one hundred one.1:46Embiid's night continued well beyond the halftime scare, although the Sixers still1:50finished with a twenty-two point loss.1:51Afterward, Embiid said he turned his ankle and indicated he was good.1:55That's his own reassurance after a game in which he returned to the floor.1:58Philadelphia hasn't provided a specific injury assessment or confirmed his next game2:02availability.2:03Embiid was able to resume this game.2:05A formal medical assessment of the incident is still outstanding.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
