The Sixers are coming up on a full month without Joel Embiid in the lineup and boy has it not gone well. The team is 4-8 since Embiid’s knee was injured (re-injured???) in Golden State on Jan. 30.
This free-fall has taken a team that was competing for the two seed into danger of falling into the play-in tournament. They’re only a game-and-a-half up on the seven seed.
Struggles are to be expected when the reigning Most Valuable Player of the league is out of the lineup, but the Sixers have too much talent on their roster to be this bad.