Philadelphia basketball player Joel Embiid will undergo knee surgery this Sunday, the NBA club announced today.
Embiid injured the meniscus in his left knee on Tuesday in his team's loss to Golden State.
Philadelphia did not specify how long Embiid will be out.
Last season's NBA MVP has already missed 13 games this season, so it is already clear that he will not be able to defend this title, since according to the new collective agreement, players must play 65 matches in the league in order to remain in the race for the MVP, as well as the All - Old weekend.
Embid is currently the NBA's leading scorer with 35,3 points per game, and averages 11,3 rebounds and 5,7 assists. He scored a career-high 70 points with 18 rebounds on Jan. 22 in a 133-124 win over San Antonio.
The previous night, seven games were played in the NBA, and they were marked by the turnaround of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma was 23 points behind, but in the end, after two overtimes, it managed to beat Toronto 135:127 and remain first in the West with a score of 35/15.
Josh Giddy was the most effective in the winning team with 24 points, less points were scored by Shay Giljis Alexander, Lou Dort and Chet Holmgren added 22 points each, while Aaron Wiggins scored 20 points.
ARJ Barrett led Team Canada with 23 points, while Scotty Barnes, Jacob Peltle and Dennis Schroeder added 17 points each.
Boston won against Memphis with a convincing 131:91 and thus reached its 38th victory since the beginning of the season. The most deserving of this victory were Jayson Tatum with 34 and Kristaps Porzingis with 28 points.
Champion Denver was better than Portland at home with 112:103.
The Nuggets lost 14 points in the first half and did not lead until the last shot in the third quarter when Nikola Jokić's layup brought the Nuggets 86:84, and then they ended the match without any problems and registered the victory.
Jokic finished the match with 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, Jamal Murray added 21, while Michael Porter, Aaron Gordon and Peyton Watson scored 12 points each. Deandre Ayton with 27 points and Anferni Simmons with 26 points were the most effective in the ranks of Portland.
As guests, the Los Angeles Clippers were better than Miami with 109:95.
Kawhi Leonard was the best in the Clippers team with 25 points and 11 rebounds, while James Harden was close to a triple-double as he recorded 21 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds.
With Miami, which suffered its eighth loss in the last ten games, Jimmy Butler was the most effective with 21 points.
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