He's out there! A masked Joel Embiid returned Friday night to start Game 3 of the Sixers’ second-round playoff series against the Heat.
The Sixers went 6-8 during the regular season without Embiid and dropped this series’ first two games in Miami. The team had bright moments, including a late second-quarter surge in Game 1 that put the Sixers up a point at halftime, but they've consistently been much worse when Embiid’s not on the floor. And 14-for-64 shooting from three-point range over Games 1 and 2 certainly harmed their chances of beating the Eastern Conference's top seed despite his absence.
Of the six seasons Embiid has played, 2019-20 was the only one in which the Sixers’ on/off net rating differential with him was not a double-digit figure, perDeAndre Jordan and Paul Reed were the Sixers’ primary centers to begin the Heat series. Rivers also used small-ball lineups at times, and Paul Millsap got six minutes in Game 1.
Miami's Kyle Lowry will also start Game 3, moving Gabe Vincent back to the bench. The Villanova product had sat out four straight games with a left hamstring strain.
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