{"id":679332,"date":"2026-03-26T01:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/679332\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:57:15","slug":"joel-embiid-paul-george-make-victorious-returns-to-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/679332\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid, Paul George make victorious returns to 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2125359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2125359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2267836709-scaled-e1774486566951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"960\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2125359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Embiid and Paul George return to winning ways after extended absences.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Embiid returned to the Philadelphia 76ers\u2019 lineup on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/chi-vs-phi-0022501053\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">against the Chicago Bulls<\/a> after missing 13 consecutive games due to a right oblique strain. He was joined by Paul George, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/5-keys-to-paul-george-return-after-suspension-bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the team welcomed back<\/a>\u00a0after a 25-game suspension for violating the NBA\u2019s anti-drug policy.<\/p>\n<p>The duo each showed little rust in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/chi-vs-phi-0022501053\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 157-137 home victory<\/a>. Embiid scored 35 points (12-17 FGs, 8-9 FTs), adding six rebounds and seven assists; George posted 28 points (11-22 FGs, 6-13 3PM), six rebounds four assists and four steals.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid has been limited to just 33 games this season due to injuries. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/joel-embiid-to-miss-at-least-3-games-with-a-strained-right-oblique\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest injury<\/a> for the 2023 MVP occurred during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/mia-vs-phi-0022500849\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 124-117 win<\/a> over the Miami Heat on Feb. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia entered the contest with a 39-33 record and in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, which would mean having to play in the NBA\u2019s play-in tournament. The 76ers are 1 1\/2 games back of fifth-place Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid and Paul George return to winning ways after extended absences. Joel Embiid returned to the Philadelphia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,936,6,526,4029],"class_list":["post-679332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-joel-embiid","tag-nba","tag-paul-george","tag-return"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116293000493178995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679332","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=679332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}