{"id":74965,"date":"2024-04-26T11:17:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=74965"},"modified":"2024-04-26T11:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:17:42","slug":"76ers-star-dealing-with-bells-palsy-vows-to-continue-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/26\/76ers-star-dealing-with-bells-palsy-vows-to-continue-playing\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers Star Dealing With Bell&#8217;s Palsy, Vows To Continue Playing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia 76ers superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a> has been revealed to be dealing with more injuries than initially expected. He has been dealing with Bell&#8217;s Palsy while recovering from a knee surgery.<\/p>\n<h2>76ers Star Dealing With Bell&#8217;s Palsy, Vows To Continue Playing<\/h2>\n<p>ESPN Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/world-of-woj\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adrian Wojnarowski<\/a> has revealed that Joel Embiid has been treated for Bell&#8217;s Palsy for the past week. It is affecting the left side of his face. The condition began during the play-in victory over Miami.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ESPN Sources: Sixers star Joel Embiid has been treated for a mild case of Bell\u2019s palsy for the past week. The condition began during the play-in victory over Miami but he has wanted to keep it private to avoid distractions for his team.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1783694709472563547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBell&#8217;s Palsy is a condition in which there is facial weakness\/paralysis due to injury to the seventh facial nerve (aka the cranial nerve). Patients may have issues with winking, smile asymmetry, and mouth dropping. It&#8217;s usually caused by a virus but can also occur due to trauma.<\/p>\n<p>There had been some speculation about Joel Embiid&#8217;s face. People had wondered why he was wearing sunglasses and if it was linked to an issue with his eyes. Now, it&#8217;s clear that it was linked to his Bell&#8217;s Palsy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RE: Joel Embiid&#8217;s eye issue (that&#8217;s my beat now)<\/p>\n<p>The issue may not be just affecting his eye. It appears the left side of his mouth seems a bit drooped as well.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously doesn&#8217;t affect the ability to play ball as much as the eye, but just wanted to note it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sixers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Sixers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E09KmFOsQt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/E09KmFOsQt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erin Grugan (@eringrugan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eringrugan\/status\/1783650875346489779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Embiid Won&#8217;t Quit<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the plethora of injuries Joel is dealing with, Sixers fans can be sure of his commitment to the franchise.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYes, it\u2019s pretty annoying. My left side of my face, my mouth, and my eye. It\u2019s been tough. But I\u2019m not a quitter. I\u2019m going to keep fighting through anything. It\u2019s unfortunate, that\u2019s the way I look at it. But it\u2019s not an excuse. I\u2019ve got to keep pushing,\u201d Embiid said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He has dealt with injuries since winter. On January 30, he suffered a meniscus injury, which led to surgery in February. Joel avoided setbacks in his recovery and returned to the lineup after an eight-week absence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing significant injuries throughout the second half of the season and playoffs, Embiid has contributed significantly to Philadelphia&#8217;s efforts. In the initial two games, he maintained impressive averages of 31 points, nine rebounds, and six assists, despite the Sixers losing to the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>In game three, Embiid showcased his most dominant playoff performance yet. He made 13 of 19 field goal attempts and had a stellar 19-21 record from the free-throw line, resulting in a playoff career-high 50 points. It&#8217;s the first time a player has scored 20 in the playoffs with fewer than 20 field goals attempted.<\/p>\n<p>Although Embiid&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/21\/sixers-joel-embiid-playoffs-update-injury-scare\/\" target=\"_self\">availability<\/a> remains uncertain in the near future due to potential setbacks, the Sixers are hopeful that he will continue to contribute to the team&#8217;s success as long as he can overcome these challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid has been revealed to be dealing with more injuries than initially expected. He has been dealing with Bell&#8217;s Palsy while recovering from a knee surgery. 76ers Star Dealing With Bell&#8217;s Palsy, Vows To Continue Playing ESPN Insider Adrian Wojnarowski has revealed that Joel Embiid has been treated for Bell&#8217;s Palsy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5018,"featured_media":75006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1608,3,13],"tags":[49201,267,4745],"class_list":["post-74965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-basketball","category-news","category-76ers","tag-bells-palsy","tag-joel-embiid","tag-nba-injuries"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}