76ers optimistic Joel Embiid could return in regular season
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Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is inching closer to a return before the end of the regular season, coach Nick Nurse said Wednesday.
Embiid has been sidelined with a left knee injury sustained when the Golden State Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga fell on him in a Jan. 30 game. Embiid underwent a procedure to fix the damage to his knee on Feb. 6.
Nurse said ahead of the team