Joel Embiid suffers sinus fracture in latest injury nightmare

In what’s been a first half to forget for the 76ers, their biggest star suffered yet another injury blow.Joel Embiid, who exited Friday’s 121-107 loss to the Pacers after two quarters, was revealed to have suffered a sinus fracture.The team said Embiid will be re-evaluated over the weekend.A timeline to return is not yet clear.In the waning seconds of the first half, the Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin went up for a rebound to catch his own miss, and in doing so, unintentionally whacked Embiid in the face.Embiid went down to the floor, eventually walking off with a towel covering his face.He did not return to the game, finishing with 12 points, five assists and four rebounds in 17 minutes.

This year started with Embiid dealing with a knee issue that kept him off the court until November.He was also suspended three games for shoving a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist.All told, he has suited up in just six games this year, and the 76ers have struggled, sitting in 12th in the Eastern Conference with a 7-16 record.Embiid, in November, ripped his critics who have spoken out about his durability concerns.He opened up about two previous orbital fractures and his April revelation that he was battling a mild case of Bell’s palsy.“I’ve broken my face twice.

I came back early with the risk of losing my vision,” Embiid told reporters on Friday. “…When I see people saying, he doesn’t want to play, I’ve done way too much for this city, putting myself at risk for people to be saying that.I do think it’s bulls–t … I’ve done way too much for this f–king city to be treated like this.” ...