The Philadelphia 76ers will look for their third straight victory when they host the reeling Washington Wizards on Monday.
While the Sixers have been winning recently, there’s cause for concern regarding reigning Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid.
Late in the Sixers’ 125-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, Embiid appeared to tweak his left knee after taking an awkward step on a drive to the basket. Embiid had 38 points and 14 rebounds but was noticeably limping at the end.
Embiid participated in practice Sunday and is listed as questionable for Monday.
Tyrese Maxey continued his strong play for the Sixers with 30 points, seven assists and zero turnovers.
According to NBA.com, Maxey is the only NBA player to have compiled at least 140 points and 25 assists, while committing five or fewer turnovers since Nov. 25. Maxey has participated in five games over that stretch.
Kelly Oubre Jr. continued to spark the Sixers with 11 points off the bench.
Philadelphia is 9-1 in the 10 games that Oubre. Jr. has played in this season.
The struggling Wizards have dropped four straight of 13 of the last 14.
In their most recent game Friday, the Wizards fell 124-97 to the Brooklyn Nets.
Kyle Kuzma led the way with 17 points, while Deni Avdija added 15 and Tyus Jones had 14. Rookie Bilal Coulibaly recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Wizards will arrive in Philadelphia with a 3-18 record.
Jordan Poole struggled with one of his worst performances of the season with eight points on Friday in 24 minutes.
Poole sat out the fourth quarter and was replaced by Coulibaly. Poole looked visibly frustrated on the bench.
The Wizards shot just 6 of 33 (18.2 percent) from 3-point range.
