PHILADELPHIA (AP) 鈥� Joel Embiid will be sidelined for the Philadelphia 76ers' game against the Phoenix Suns on Monday night due to a left foot sprain.
Sixers coach Nick Nurse said Monday that although the All-Star center鈥檚 foot injury has been bothersome, it is not something the team is worried about long term.
鈥淚t鈥檚 day to day,鈥� Nurse said. 鈥淗e hurt it a (few) games ago and it鈥檚 been trying to get him back in there. ... It鈥檚 not good enough to go today, but it鈥檚 nothing major.鈥�
Embiid is enduring an injury-plagued season. Monday鈥檚 game will mark the 21st game he has missed this season. The Sixers are 7-13 without Embiid in the lineup.
A two-time NBA scoring champion, Embiid is averaging 24.4 points and 7.9 rebounds this season 鈥� below his career averages. He has missed all but 13 games due to left knee soreness, a sinus fracture and a with a reporter in the locker room.
The Sixers are 14-19, 10 1/2 games behind Atlantic Division-leading Boston (26-10) and in 11th place out of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference. Philadelphia is coming off a 123-94 win over Brooklyn on Saturday and is 7-3 in its last 10 games.
The Sixers will also be without Kyle Lowry (right hip soreness) against the Suns. He joins Embiid, Jared McCain (torn meniscus) and K.J. Martin (left foot stress reaction) on the sidelines.
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