Huge blow for Sixers with Joel Embiid ruled out of Game 2 against Knicks

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/embiid-joel/G2hZm0nI/"]Embiid[/a], a key figure in the Sixers' upset of the second-seeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/boston-celtics/KYD9hVEm/"]Boston Celtics[/a] in the previous round, is suffering from right hip soreness and a right ankle sprain.[/p][p][b]The news comes just hours ahead of Philadelphia's Game 2 against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-knicks/WCNO4nbt/"]Knicks[/a] at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/new-york-knicks-WCNO4nbt/philadelphia-76ers-vwRW2QSh/?mid=OxuYoJH6"]Madison Square Garden later Wednesday[/a].[/b][/p][p]The Knicks dominated Game 1 of the best-of-seven series on Monday with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/new-york-knicks-WCNO4nbt/philadelphia-76ers-vwRW2QSh/?mid=GCyQmumf"]an emphatic 137-98 win[/a]. Embiid finished with 14 points before being replaced midway through the third quarter.[/p][embed guid="9e46e0fa-3404-44ef-8122-9ec82c2cbd23" url="https://x.com/sixers/status/2052016499489911241" social-type="twitter" /][p]Embiid underwent an emergency appendectomy in early April but returned for the final four games of the series against the Celtics, averaging 28 points as the Sixers recovered from a 3-1 deficit to win.[/p]