The Philadelphia 76ers will have forward Ben Simmons and center Joel Embiid available to play tonight against the league-leading Washington Wizards, according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Embiid will miss the back end of a back-to-back against the Boston Celtics.
Simmons was listed as questionable earlier today with a sprained right ankle after suffering the injury while landing awkwardly in the fourth quarter of Monday’s loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
During an offensive play, Simmons contested a Kyle Korver pass at the 5:09 mark, falling to the court on the play. He immediately jogged to the locker room for further examination after the play had concluded.
Simmons received treatment on his ankle today despite the lack of a formal practice this morning.
Embiid is yet to be cleared to resume back-to-backs, the only restriction left from the coaching staff after his minute limitation was lifted two weeks ago.
The Sixers are being utmost careful with Embiid and his left knee, one that had proven troublesome for him, missing the latter half of the regular season.
Both Embiid and Simmons should provide a scoring punch against a Wizards team that is lacking star point guard John Wall for the next two weeks.
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