Overview
- Joel Embiid is listed as questionable for Friday’s game in Chicago due to right knee injury management, per the official injury report.
- Kelly Oubre Jr. (left knee sprain) and Trendon Watford (left adductor strain) have been ruled out.
- VJ Edgecombe, Quentin Grimes and Dominick Barlow are questionable with an illness after missing Tuesday’s game.
- Head coach Nick Nurse canceled a shootaround and skipped a planned practice to limit the spread of the illness through the roster.
- The matchup at the United Center tips at 7:30 p.m. ET and opens a five-game road trip for the 76ers.