However, the focus was on Joel Embiid. The Sixers ruled the big fella out shortly before the contest due to left knee injury management and then issued an update during the contes

Embiid missed the entire preseason and first six games of this regular season with left knee injury management before serving a three-game league suspension. He made his season debut against the New York Knicks on Nov. 12 only to miss the following night’s game due to managing the knee.

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is sidelined for Friday night’s NBA Cup game against the Brooklyn Nets due to what the team described as left knee injury maintenance.