Embiid cleared to play as Sixers host Bulls
The 6-1 Sixers cleared Joel Embiid to play against Chicago on Monday, with his condition listed as plantar fasciitis management. Only Dominick Barlow and Ariel Hukporti are on Philadelphia injury report for the game.

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Joel Embiid vai jogar pelo Sixers contra o Chicago nesta segunda-feira. A Filadélfia o elevou de questionable para disponível, listando sua condição como controle de fascite plantar.
Quase todo o elenco está disponível para a Filadélfia. Dominick Barlow, fora por um problema nas costas, e Ariel Hukporti são os únicos jogadores do Sixers no relatório de lesões.
O Chicago chega ao jogo com o 29º diferencial de pontos da liga, além do 24º ataque por 100 posses de bola e da 29ª defesa na mesma medida, segundo o Cleaning the Glass. Os Bulls seguem sem o pivô titular Nic Claxton, que ainda não estreou pelo time depois de uma lesão na coxa no training camp. Ele foi listado como dúvida no início e depois descartado. A Filadélfia está 6-1.
Não é o ideal que Embiid esteja lidando com fascite plantar, embora o qualificador de controle na designação ainda importe.
“Bem, plantar é um pouco aquela coisa que vai e volta”, disse Nick Nurse antes do jogo. “Então eles estão só tentando controlar. É muito doloroso, se você já teve. E pode aparecer e desaparecer do nada. Então estamos tentando controlar a dor e ser o mais inteligentes possível.”
Nurse também disse que Barlow está trabalhando à parte. “Ele vê um especialista amanhã”, disse Nurse. “Ele tem ido um pouco à quadra, ainda não muito, não tem se movimentado muito. Acho que querem chegar à consulta de amanhã. Tomara que seja positivo, para que ele possa entrar um pouco nos treinos.”
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