After a 50-point performance in the Sixers' Game 3 win over the Knicks, Joel Embiid spoke Thursday night about playing through Bell's palsy.
Joel Embiid’s postgame sunglasses during the Sixers’ first-round playoff series vs. the Knicks have not been a mere fashion statement.
“I don’t know exactly what happened, but I guess that’s a normal thing,” he said. “I think it started a day or two beforeI had bad migraines. I thought it was nothing. Usually, I don’t like to check it out. But for some reason I ended up having to tell somebody. That’s why that Miami game, my body … I was just not feeling it. … It’s pretty annoying with my left side of my face, my mouth and my eye.
“I’ve got a beautiful face, so I don’t like when my mouth is looking the other way. Like I said, unfortunate situation, but everything happens for a reason. … I’ve got to take care of myself mentally.”Before that stint on the sidelines, he'd improved upon his 2022-23 MVP season, averaging an NBA-best 35.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and a career-high 5.7 assists over his first 34 games.
While that sequence broke in Embiid's favor, he’s gotten very little luck on the health front throughout his career.
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