{"id":54955,"date":"2025-10-19T04:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/embiid-returns-strong-76ers-celebrate-his-return-after-injury\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T04:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:47:20","slug":"embiid-returns-strong-76ers-celebrate-his-return-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/embiid-returns-strong-76ers-celebrate-his-return-after-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Embiid Returns Strong: 76ers Celebrate His Return After Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"Attention basketball fanatics! Joel Embiid has returned to the court with the 76ers, marking his first appearance in a game in almost eight months. The long-awaited return took place in a preseason game against the Timberwolves.\n\nThe game, although preseason, left positive feelings in both Embiid and the team, who won with a score of 126-110 at the Xfinity Mobile Arena. Tyrese Maxey, who scored 27 points, expressed the joy shared by the team to see Embiid back in action.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I think the most important thing I felt was joy and how happy he was to be there, and how happy I was for him.<\/p><cite>Tyrese Maxey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe last time Embiid played for the 76ers was on February 22, followed by surgery on his left knee. After weeks of practice, including a scrimmage open to the public, Embiid showed encouraging performance, accumulating 14 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 4 turnovers in 18:35 minutes of play.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I don&#8217;t want to think about the past. I&#8217;m in a good mental and physical place. I&#8217;m happy to touch the ball and be able to play basketball and do what I love.<\/p><cite>Joel Embiid<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nEmbiid, visibly thinner, moved with ease, demonstrating that he has overcome the knee problems that affected his performance. Coach Nick Nurse called his performance &#8220;very good&#8221;, highlighting his mobility, shots and passes.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1018%2Fr1561825_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Joel Embiid regres\u00f3 a la cancha por primera vez desde febrero el viernes, finalizando con 14 puntos, 7 rebotes, 8 asistencias, 3 robos y 4 p\u00e9rdidas de bal\u00f3n en el \u00faltimo partido de pretemporada de los 76ers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nLast season, Embiid participated in only 19 games, averaging 23.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 4.5 assists. However, in the preseason game, he showed signs of regaining his level, which keeps him on track to participate in next week&#8217;s opening game in Boston.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I won&#8217;t say I feel like I&#8217;m 18 again. That&#8217;s never going to happen. But I&#8217;m taking it day by day. Like I said, just learning. Some days will be good, some days I&#8217;ll be a little tense, so I&#8217;ll learn from it, adjust, and keep doing the right things.<\/p><cite>Joel Embiid<\/cite>\n\nIn addition to Embiid, the team had other positives. VJ Edgecombe, the third pick in the NBA draft, shone with 26 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals, while Quentin Grimes, in his preseason debut, scored 22 points.\n\nRegarding Paul George, he is still recovering from knee surgery and is not expected to play at the start of the season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention basketball fanatics! Joel Embiid has returned to the court with the 76ers, marking his first appearance in a game in almost eight months. The long-awaited return took place in a preseason game against the Timberwolves. The game, although preseason, left positive feelings in both Embiid and the team, who won with a score of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[352,389,354,1063],"class_list":{"0":"post-54955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nba","7":"tag-76ers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-joel-embiid","10":"tag-preseason"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}