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Indiana Pacers at Philadelphia 76ers
2026-27 · Regular season
Joel Embiid is out against Indiana with a right foot plantar fascia issue, Austin Reaves is ruled out in Phoenix, and Daniel Gafford and Jaylen Clark leave Saturday’s games
Joel Embiid is out Sunday against Indiana with right foot plantar fascia injury management, Austin Reaves is out in Phoenix with a heel bone bruise, and Daniel Gafford (shoulder stinger) and Jaylen Clark (hamstring) left Saturday's games.
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Philadelphia has ruled out Joel Embiid for Sunday’s 1 p.m. ET game against Indiana with what the league’s injury report calls right foot plantar fascia injury management, and the Lakers will play in Phoenix without Austin Reaves. On Saturday night, Dallas lost Daniel Gafford to a right shoulder stinger and Minnesota lost Jaylen Clark to right hamstring soreness, and neither returned.
Embiid sits the front end of a back-to-back
The 76ers filed Sunday’s report on Saturday afternoon and listed Embiid as out, along with Dominick Barlow (low back stress reaction) and Adem Bona (cervical spine sprain). Sixers reporters Adam Aaronson and Sean Barnard both pointed out that Sunday’s game is the first half of a back-to-back, with Philadelphia playing at Brooklyn on Monday. Embiid scored 20 on Thursday against Toronto after a knee scare, and the team has not said whether he will play Monday. LeBron James is not on the report.
Reaves is out, and Sexton is questionable
The Lakers listed Reaves as out with a left heel contusion and bone bruise, a day after he sat out Saturday’s practice in slides. He hurt the heel landing after a missed fast-break dunk in Milwaukee on Wednesday. Cameron Carr (illness) is also out, while Collin Sexton (right orbital laceration), Bronny James (illness) and Adou Thiero (left ankle sprain) are questionable. Quentin Grimes is available with a splint on his right finger. Phoenix again rules out Mark Williams after left shoulder surgery.
Gafford and Clark leave Saturday’s games
Gafford went down in the third quarter of Dallas’ 127-117 loss in Cleveland after contact with Thomas Bryant on a foul. He stayed in to shoot his free throw, then went to the locker room holding his right shoulder. Mavericks reporter Mike Curtis wrote that he would not return because of a stinger. Dallas plays in Boston on Sunday night, the second half of its own back-to-back, and had not filed its report by 12:30 a.m. ET.
Clark left in the first half of Minnesota’s 117-106 loss to Chicago. Timberwolves reporter Charlie Walton wrote that Clark limped to the locker room after diving into Minnesota’s bench to save a loose ball and seemed to be holding his right hamstring. The team then ruled him out for the rest of the night. Minnesota hosts Portland on Monday and was already without Anthony Edwards (right knee arthroscopy) and Donte DiVincenzo (right Achilles tendon repair).
In Miami, Detroit’s Duncan Robinson was listed as questionable to return with a quad injury during the 137-117 loss. “It was a quad. And again, you know, we just want to make sure we’re taking care of him,” coach J.B. Bickerstaff said afterward. Asked about an injury to Ronald Holland II, Bickerstaff said he had not talked to the medical staff yet. The Pistons, already without Jalen Duren and Isaiah Joe, next play at San Antonio on Tuesday. Memphis forward GG Jackson also left with a left foot injury.
What the rest of Sunday’s reports show
Indiana lists Aaron Nesmith as questionable with the left hand sprain he suffered in the final seconds against New York, and Andrew Nembhard is questionable with left hip soreness. T.J. McConnell is probable with a right hamstring strain, and Tyrese Haliburton remains out. Toronto lists Scottie Barnes as questionable against the Knicks with a left groin strain after four straight missed games; Michael Grange reported that Barnes went through part of Saturday’s practice. Kawhi Leonard (left knee injury management) is still out.
Oklahoma City lists Ajay Mitchell as questionable at Sacramento with a left ankle sprain, and Chet Holmgren (right knee injury recovery), Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace and Jaylin Williams are out again. San Antonio did not list Victor Wembanyama or De’Aaron Fox for its game in Utah, with only Tobias Harris (left calf strain) and Jayden Quaintance out. Utah again rules out Jaxson Hayes (left knee strain), Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. Our injuries page tracks every team’s latest report.
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