{"id":55148,"date":"2025-10-19T06:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/embiid-returns-76ers-star-plays-after-8-months-out\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T06:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T10:42:31","slug":"embiid-returns-76ers-star-plays-after-8-months-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/embiid-returns-76ers-star-plays-after-8-months-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Embiid Returns: 76ers Star Plays After 8 Months Out"},"content":{"rendered":"Triumphant return! Joel Embiid returns to the courts with the 76ers after almost eight months of absence.\n\nIn an exciting preseason game against the Timberwolves, the 76ers&#8217; star center showed that he is back and ready for the 2024-25 season. The match, which culminated in a 126-110 victory, was a positive test for Embiid and the team.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The most important thing I felt was joy and how happy I was to be out there.<\/p><cite>Tyrese Maxey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nEmbiid, visibly emotional, expressed his happiness at returning to play basketball. His last participation with the 76ers was on February 22, before undergoing surgery on his left knee.\n\n<p>On Friday night, Embiid played 18 minutes and 35 seconds, scoring 14 points, grabbing 7 rebounds, dishing out 8 assists, stealing 3 balls, and committing 4 turnovers. In addition, he made 5 of 10 field goals, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, and made his two free throws.<\/p>\n\nI am happy to touch the ball and be able to play basketball and do what I love.\n\n76ers coach Nick Nurse positively assessed Embiid&#8217;s performance, highlighting his good movement, 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=\"Joel Embiid en la cancha\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Joel Embiid regres\u00f3 a la cancha por primera vez desde febrero el viernes, terminando 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 only played 19 games, averaging 23.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 4.5 assists. However, in the preseason game, he showed a promising performance, indicating that he is on track to participate in next week&#8217;s opening game in Boston.\n\nIn addition to Embiid, other players stood out in the match. VJ Edgecombe, the third pick in the NBA draft in June, scored 26 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, dished out 3 assists and stole 5 balls in 34 minutes. Quentin Grimes, for his part, made his preseason debut with 22 points, 5 assists and 3 steals in 26 minutes off the bench.\n\nRegarding absences, Paul George is still recovering from knee surgery and doesn&#8217;t seem to be ready for the opening game.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Triumphant return! Joel Embiid returns to the courts with the 76ers after almost eight months of absence. In an exciting preseason game against the Timberwolves, the 76ers&#8217; star center showed that he is back and ready for the 2024-25 season. The match, which culminated in a 126-110 victory, was a positive test for Embiid and [&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-55148","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\/55148","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=55148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55148\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}