{"id":535439,"date":"2026-01-14T05:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/535439\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T05:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:41:20","slug":"joel-embiid-vj-edgecombe-and-paul-george-probable-for-sixers-cavaliers-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/535439\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid, VJ Edgecombe and Paul George probable for Sixers-Cavaliers on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joel Embiid (left knee injury management; left adductor soreness) is probable for the Sixers&#8217; home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, according to the team&#8217;s initial injury report for the game unveiled on Tuesday, which also lists Paul George (left knee injury management) and VJ Edgecombe (left adductor contusion) as probable:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Sixers have an injury report for tomorrow\u2019s game vs. Cleveland:<\/p>\n<p>Joel Embiid \u2014 left knee injury management; left adductor soreness \u2014 PROBABLE<\/p>\n<p>Paul George \u2014 left knee injury management \u2014 PROBABLE<\/p>\n<p>VJ Edgecombe \u2014 left adductor contusion \u2014 PROBABLE<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Aaronson (@SixersAdam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SixersAdam\/status\/2011196740720902375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Embiid has been in the midst of the best stretch of health enjoyed by the former NBA MVP in over two years, playing in seven of the Sixers&#8217; last eight games. His lone absence during that stretch was on the front end of the team&#8217;s back-to-back against the Toronto Raptors.<\/p>\n<p>George was scratched just moments before tip-off of Sunday&#8217;s game with left knee soreness but suited up the following night, a sign that the nine-time All-Star had avoided anything serious. Edgecombe briefly left Sunday&#8217;s game in the fourth quarter in some sort of discomfort, but did not go to the locker room and returned to the game in short order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"center\">MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/sixers-news-nba-trade-rumors-analysis-daryl-morey-thunder-nba2k-76ers-trade-deadline-mailbag-latest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why this Sixers season has been different than last<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow Adam on Twitter: <a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SixersAdam\" style=\"outline-color: currentcolor; outline-style: none;\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SixersAdam<\/a><br \/>Follow PhillyVoice on Twitter: <a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thephillyvoice\" style=\"outline-color: currentcolor; outline-style: none;\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@thephillyvoice<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid (left knee injury management; left adductor soreness) is probable for the Sixers&#8217; home game against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,936,6,526,678,207,3817,96,34489,971],"class_list":{"0":"post-535439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-joel-embiid","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-paul-george","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","15":"tag-philadelphia76ers","16":"tag-sixers","17":"tag-sports-injuries","18":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115891856760264463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}