{"id":560754,"date":"2026-03-25T23:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560754\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:13:08","slug":"joel-embiid-returning-to-76ers-lineup-after-13-game-absence-wednesday-against-the-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560754\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid returning to 76ers&#8217; lineup after 13-game absence Wednesday against the Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Joel Embiid will return to the Philadelphia 76ers&#8217; lineup on Wednesday against the Chicago Bulls after missing 13 consecutive games due to a right oblique strain.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid has been limited to just 33 games this season due to injuries. The latest injury for the 2023 MVP occurred during a 124-117 win over the Miami Heat on Feb. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers also are <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sixers-paul-george-suspension-fc7ed400a94434008b36ba4f3f081a0e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:welcoming back Paul George to the lineup;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;welcoming back Paul George to the lineup&quot;}\" class=\"link \">welcoming back Paul George to the lineup<\/a> after a 25-game suspension for violating the NBA&#8217;s anti-drug policy.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia entered the contest with a 39-33 record and in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, which would mean having to play in the NBA&#8217;s play-in tournament. The 76ers are 1 1\/2 games back of fifth-place Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;https&quot;}\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 Joel Embiid will return to the Philadelphia 76ers&#8217; lineup on Wednesday against the Chicago Bulls&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,5184,208354,23934,1526,8224,459,205383,19748,1528,82,20997,3302],"class_list":["post-560754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-consecutive-games","tag-eastern-conference","tag-joel-embiid","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-oblique-strain","tag-paul-george","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-sports","tag-the-76ers","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}